Lessons from Bruce Springsteen and the 1979 Penn Basketball Team

“Strive to be the calmest person in the room.”
I had asked for advice, and James Breen gave it to me. Dr. Breen, one of the finest surgeons to ever wield a scalpel against gynecologic cancer, summarized for me then what I tell my students now (with proper attribution of course.) In business, in medicine and in life, staying calm is at least as important as any fact set, analytical ability or technical skill.

Managers: 7 Tips For Contentious Employee Terminations

In last week’s blog I provided seven tips for laying off good employees when a company must downsize to lower costs. This week, I have shifted the topic to terminating employees due to contentious reasons, such as misconduct or poor performance. Here are seven tips to consider before you fire an employee…

Computer Successfully Pretends To Be Human - WWW Apocalypse?

In a breakthrough of engineering a computer has successfully passed the infamous 'Turing test'. You may have already read the headlines about how this is the beginning of the movie Terminator and the downfall of humanity, or if you haven't you should because it makes for a good read. Before we explore the implications for humanity, what exactly is this Turing test and why do you care?

How to Spot a Bad Client Before It's Too Late

I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine, an entrepreneur who runs a boutique marketing firm, about a difficult client she just finished working with. The conversation was actually a follow-up from a few months early, when she was still negotiating the contract and expressed some hesitancy to take on this particular client. At the time she was closing the deal, she had a lot of questions about how difficult this client would be to work with and whether he would make good on various promises made during the negotiation.

Amazon’s new Phone with Augmented Reality and Indoor GPS

Amazon is now going to unite real-world shopping with Amazon’s online marketplace in new phone probably to be launch in this month with surprising features. Advanced GPS wil be used by Amazon to detect what store you are in or near by when you are supposed to buy a product. Multiple 3D cameras and sensors [...]

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