Try a Game-Changing Move in Your Next “Negotiauction”

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Increasingly in the business world, negotiators must compete not only with their counterpart across the table but also with others fighting for the same deal. A procurement officer may announce to a longtime supplier that she is putting their contract up for an auction for the first time, for example. Or competitors bidding for a
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On Social Media, Business Negotiators Should Post with Caution

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On May 13, actor Harry Shearer, the voice of iconic characters on the hit animated TV series The Simpsons since its inception in 1989, announced via Twitter that he was leaving the show because of an impasse with Fox Television over the terms of his contract for the show’s 27th and 28th seasons. Shearer, the
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Patrícia Medici: The coolest animal you know nothing about ... and how we can save it

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Although the tapir is one of the world's largest land mammals, the lives of these solitary, nocturnal creatures have remained a mystery. Known as "the living fossil," the very same tapir that roams the forests and grasslands of South America today arrived on the evolutionary scene more than 5 million years ago. Today, threats from poachers, deforestation and pollution, especially in quickly industrializing Brazil, threaten this longevity.

This place couldn’t survive without me… Not.

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This place couldn’t survive without me… Not.
When I was 19, my dad made me production manager of his 75 employee kitchen cabinet manufacturing factory. Before I officially took the job I worked in the shop at each job, and set production standards based on what I could produce at each station.
On my first official day as boss, Ozzie, our superstar cabinet assembler (main guy in the most important position), came to me and asked for a 25¢ per hour raise. I went to my dad for advice and he said, “Give it to him, son.” So I did. 

Melissa Fleming: A boat carrying 500 refugees sunk at sea. The story of two survivors

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Aboard an overloaded ship carrying more than 500 refugees, a young woman becomes an unlikely hero. This single, powerful story, told by Melissa Fleming of the UN's refugee agency, gives a human face to the sheer numbers of human beings trying to escape to better lives ... as the refugee ships keep coming ...

Nancy Lublin: The heartbreaking text that inspired a help line for teens

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When a young woman texted DoSomething.org with a heartbreaking cry for help, the organization responded by opening a nationwide Crisis Text Line to provide an outlet for people in pain. Nearly 7 million text messages later, the organization is using the privacy and power of text messaging to help people with issues such as addiction, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders, sexual abuse and more. The data the organization has collected in the process is reshaping policy and research and preparing schools and law enforcement to better handle spikes in crises.

Can we test APT defenses even if we can’t agree on how to define APTs?

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In the past few years, a lot of media outlets, and even some security vendors, have hyped up the threat of so-called advanced persistent threats (APTs), frequently associating them with nation-state attackers using unheard of zero-day exploits to break into high-profile targets.

Kelman Seminar: Turkey Under Siege–Inside and Out

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The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution is pleased to present:
Turkey Under Siege: Inside and Out
with
Yavuz Baydar
Turkish journalist
Former Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Fall 2014)
 and
Lenore Martin
Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Emmanuel College
 
Monday, November 23, 2015
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South
1730

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