CHART OF THE DAY: The Correlation Between R&D Spending And Stock Prices
The decision to spend on research & development can be a tough one for corporate finance managers as they make budgeting decisions.However, you have to spend money to make money.And that's the...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: The 8 Extraordinary Technologies Forcing Businesses To Adapt Or Die
With stock prices near all-time highs, investors have grown increasingly uncomfortable about where the markets may head in the near-term.Perhaps the better idea is to think long-term.In a new report...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: The Nasdaq's Evolution Shows Us How Quickly Industry...
The analysts at Goldman Sachs just presented their list of eight technologies that will reshape how we do business in the coming years.To illustrate how fast new innovations can come on the scene and...
View ArticleThe Best Of Jeff Bezos' Lessons In Innovation From His Amazon Shareholder...
With Jeff Bezos in a news a fair bit right now, I thought it would a good time to look at some of the important innovation lessons that we can draw from his annual letters to Amazon shareholders. It’s...
View ArticleAn Interesting Way To Force Employees To Mingle: Make Them Take The Stairs
We were visiting the gorgeous Bloomberg Tower in Manhattan this week and we needed to get to the 28th floor, so naturally we took the elevator ... to the 29th floor.Bloomberg's elevators don't stop at...
View Article7 Ways To Generate Great Ideas
What makes the difference between a good idea and a great idea? Good ideas come along all the time and help people solve minor problems in work and daily life. Great ideas appear a little less...
View ArticleBusiness And Engineering Students Name The 10 Most Innovative Companies
A good salary, great culture, and awesome perks go a long way towards attracting top talent. But many of the most driven and desirable employees want more.“It is becoming extremely important to be seen...
View Article9 Creativity-Boosting Perks LinkedIn Employees Get That Every Company Should...
LinkedIn is the social network where people go to find jobs.But it's also one of the hottest Valley employers in its own right.One reason: LinkedIn goes out of its way to keep its workers inspired and...
View ArticleFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Just Shared An Awesome Idea For Self Improvement...
Every year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg picks a personal challenge, something hard, and works on it daily for a year.The point of the challenge is to give himself perspective for building new products...
View Article11 Knockoff Startups We Like Better Than The Originals
When it comes to startup success, it's not always about being original.In many cases, success is about finding a niche and working to do the very best job possible within that space.Back in June,...
View Article6 Ways To Inspire Creative Thinking At Work
Harvard’s Teresa Amabile, author of The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work, says there are three components to creativity at work:Expertise (People...
View Article7 Steps To Unlocking Your Creativity
Experimenting is a core innovation skill. It helps you find ideas that work, it’s a great way to select ideas, and it is an important part of building an innovation culture.In his book The Year Without...
View Article10 Innovative Policies That Every City Should Consider
The partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill has killed any real progress and innovation on a national level. In its absence, cities have emerged as the testing ground for real governmental change. Those...
View ArticleThe 50 Most Innovative Companies In The World
Every year since 2005, the Boston Consulting Group has surveyed more than 1,500 senior global executives for a snapshot of the most innovative companies in the world. Each executive is asked to rate...
View ArticleHow To Tap Your Inner Creativity At Work
To better understand how creativity works and to debunk a lot of creativity myths, I spoke to David Burkus. David is the author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and...
View ArticleWhy Reverse Mentors Are So Important
Everyone has something to learn from the younger generation.In today's rapidly changing world, older and more experienced employees are increasingly turning to their younger colleagues for advice on...
View ArticleGoogle Has An Interesting Way Of Deciding Which 'Experiments' Become Real...
This is what people around the Valley say about Google: "It makes over 90% of its revenues selling ads. Everything else is an experiment."Given that, just how does Google decide which experiments to...
View ArticleClay Christensen Reveals The Insight That Led To A Breakthrough In Milkshake...
Forget customer demographic information. What companies really need to know in order to boost sales is why customers are using their product, according to renowned Harvard Business School professor...
View Article4 Corny Business Ideas That Actually Make Sense
Professionals are supposed to be rational, serious people and we try to project an image which is highly optimized and data driven. In the cutthroat corporate world, the one thing we don’t want to be...
View ArticleHow To Unleash Your Best Work Every Day So That You 'Die Empty'
Reprinted from Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day by Todd Henry with permission of Portfolio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright (c) Todd Henry,...
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