Image via n2growth.com Companies often list their vision and their mission statements on their sites. The difference between a mission statement and a vision statement is that a mission statement focuses on a company’s present state while a vision statement focuses on...
There is a new trend for companies to remain privately owned. Why have mega-companies like Facebook yet to go public? The New York Times reported recently, “An I.P.O. used to be a rite of passage for a company, a sign that it had arrived. But even before the...
If a company has its name used as a verb, its popularity is undeniable but it may also be problematic. Although Google is a company name, it is not unusual for it to be used as a verb, as in someone is going to “Google” something. Google and Facebook are listed as...
As the year comes to an end, many marketing departments are looking back at the year’s results to see if their plans were successful. With the new year and the Super Bowl just around the corner, advertisers are analyzing what worked and what didn’t. One of my...
Image via google.com In case you are wondering Fluther rhymes with brother and it is a word that means a group of jellyfish. Fluther’s site is about directing your questions to the people who have the answers. Answerers are encouraged to use humor while expressing...
QR Code or Quick Response Code is a two-dimension matrix code developed in the mid 90’s in Japan. Businesses are drawn to it because it offers an improvement over barcodes. Wisegeek explains, “QR Code contains data in both vertical and horizontal directions, whereas...
Many people are starting new jobs right now. Many of them are working with technology or using terminology that they may never have had to use in the past. Managers and co-workers may toss around words that they assume people already know. It is imported that...
If you are looking for a job, you probably have looked at getting on LinkedIn and some other social networking sites. If you have created a LinkedIn profile, it should show up on Google’s search engine. In some recent talks I gave to job-seekers, I asked my audience...
Today's Ask Dr. Diane: I just wrote a book that is available through Amazon. I'm just not sure about the best way to market it? Any suggestions? That is a good question. The tips I'm about to give can also be used to market things other than a book. You could...
image via textually.org You may already know that Youtube is extremely popular, but a recent article from informationweek.com really spelled out the numbers. Think about this . . . according to that article: In March, users uploaded more than 24 hours of video per...
Our guest today is DocuSign’s Chief People Officer, Joan Burke. In this episode, we discuss DocuSign’s unique core company values: Trusted, Loved, and Responsible. Joan tells us how and why these values are kept top-of-mind for every decision around how they treat...
Our guest is Andrea Alexander, Chief People Officer at Rent the Runway. Andrea is a huge believer in social capital and the important contributions it makes in workplace culture, and is focused on creating programs to help employees develop social capital despite...
If you want to achieve smooth cashflow to support your lifestyle for years, give everything you can to build a sustainable business. Dr. Diane Hamilton explores the right way to establish such a venture with Meg Taylor Morrison, a science...
Years ago, autonomous vehicles could be thought of as nothing but fiction. As technology advances, more and more people have been cozying up to self-driving cars and their positive impact on the environment. Jeffrey Bleich, the Chief Legal Officer for Cruise,...
Beauty comes from within—a phrase we often hear to motivate us when insecurities attack. But there’s more to it than what we often think. In this episode, Hitendra Wadhwa, educator, speaker, and founder of the Mentora Institute, takes us deeper within. He talks about...