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Stealth Politics

Erica Abeel | Posted 12.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: "The Messenger, George Clooney, "Up in the Air, " Academy Awards, Corporate Culture, Jason Reitman, " Political Films, Entertainment News
Erica Abeel

Of course movies have long been purveyors of political views. But there's a second, subtler brand of politics in films that peddle their presumptions so subtly you barely notice.

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Human Vs. Predator: Who Will Be Master?

Tom Sullivan | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Elizabeth Warren TARP, Elizabeth Warren, Capitalists, Wall Street Bonuses, Corporate Culture, Business News
Tom Sullivan

The difference between a privately owned business and a public corporation is indeed personhood and personal responsibility. The birthers want to see Obama's birth certificate? I want to see Goldman Sachs' and Halliburton's.

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The Best Thing You Can Have Is Bad Intelligence

Simon Sinek | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Walmart, Leaders, Intelligence, Inspiration, Start With Why, General Motors, Microsoft, Entrepreneurship, Motivation, Thought Leaders, Competitive Analysis, Corporate Culture, Wal-Mart, Culture, Business News
Simon Sinek

The greatest threat any organization can face is not its competition but its own success. With great success comes complacency -- the false belief that you are the best and that you don't have to worry.

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Mad Men and the High Cost of Advertising

James Block | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Consumer Culture, Mad Men, Television, Don Draper, Suburbia, Corporate Culture, Entertainment News
James Block

That Mad Men chronicles the rise of contemporary advertising should be our first warning. The fantasy machine that propels the American consumer culture achieves this leverage simply with make believe.

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How Did That Idiot Become My Boss?

Simon Sinek | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Coach, Start With Why, Office Politics, Corporate America, Corporations, Manager, Dodgers, New York Knicks, Management, Corporate Culture, Tommy Lasorda, Business News
Simon Sinek

As people get more senior, they move from being doers to being thinkers and managers, but most companies don't train people how to manage or think.

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Fighting Teamwork

Jonathan Littman | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: I Hate People, Jonathan Littman, Stinson Beach, Tug-of-War, Marc Hershon, Bolinas, Teamwork, Corporate America, The Ringelmann Effect, Corporate Culture, Business News
Jonathan Littman

Ringelmann showed that three men only pull as hard as two and a half men, and eight only pull as hard as four. Far from synergy, group effort creates an inverse productivity ratio.

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Going Analog -- What A Concept!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Email, Digital Communications, Blackberry, Technology, Corporate Culture, Phone, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Do you know how many people are festering right now because their corporate culture mandates exclusive use of digital communications? He's not answering his BlackBerry! I left him six e-mails! Aieee!

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Peaceful Revolution: What Gen Y Really Wants -- And Why We Should Care

Astri von Arbin Ahlander and Yelizavetta Kofman | Posted 02.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Youth, Gen Y, Jobs, Vacations, Millennial Generation, Engineering, New York City, New York, Interviews, Gen Y Work, Corporate America, Corporations, Surveys, Millennials, Careers, Dance, Corporate Culture, Work Ethic, Business News
Astri von Arbin Ahlander and Yelizavetta Kofman

If companies want to find loyal, dedicated employees from the Gen Y-Fi crop, it is in their best interest to insist that the government prioritize national health care and social security.

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A Recognized Quality of Leadership

Stephen Herrington | Posted 02.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Steve Jobs, Macintosh, Steve Jobs Leave of Absence, Apple, Apple Computers, Steve Jobs Health, Computers, Apples, Technology, Business, Corporate Culture, Barack Obama, Macs, Business News
Stephen Herrington

Steve Jobs brought a vision for the role of computing in everyday lives to the world. He saw a world that no one else could see and which he could not even describe himself, and he created it.

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Barack -- Our Transformational CEO

Chip Conley | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Obama Transition, Rahm Emanuel, Corporate Culture, Barack Obama, Togetherness, Yes We Can, Ceos, United, Business, Business News
Chip Conley

As a transformational leader, Barack needs to remember that his greatest gift is in helping us see the sense of "oneness" that we have at our core that can unite us.

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More Diversity in Workplace? Black Man in White House No Silver Bullet, But a Start

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Valarie King-Bailey, Chicago United, Workplace Diversity, Obama Workplace Diversity, Election 2008, Obama Diversity, Barack Obama, Corporate Culture, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

Minority families are beaming that Barack Obama's history-changing race to the White House will change their children's lives and careers. Yes! And, sadly, no.

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Tips From A Bitter Temp

BusinessWeek | Anne Altman | Posted 09.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Tips on Temping, How to Temp, Anne Altman, Temp Work, Temping, Corporate Culture, Tempwork, Business News

When I tell people I work at an insurance company, I feel I need to explain myself. Sure, I work in insurance, but I'm "in insurance" about as much as...

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I Miss Starbucks

Simon Sinek | Posted 09.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Vision, Howard Schultz, Starbucks, Recession, Customer Service, Corporate Culture, Business News
Simon Sinek

The cause that drove Starbucks to change American culture has now become something much less inspiring -- now, it's all about what they do.

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How to Nail a Job Interview

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Job Market, Job Hunt Mistakes, Public Speaking, Career Advice, Jobs, The Full Life, Job Interviews, Resume Tips, Corporate Culture, Job Hunt, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

A job interview isn't all that different from a public speech, except that in interviews you sit down, listen more than speak, and are the world's expert on the topic, you.

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12 Things To Do At An All-Day Meeting

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Corporate Culture, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Check your BlackBerry, but never when someone superior to you in the pecking order is speaking.

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How Fat Was My Outlook

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Business Life, Electronic Communications, Microsoft Outlook, Email, Corporate Culture, System Administrators, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I guess it's harder to stay electronically fit than I thought. You start the day with good intentions, then you get into something with a lawyer, or a journalist, or one of the folks in Accounting, God help me, and pretty soon you've got a chain going that plumps you up and leaves your whole situation in terminal shape.

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