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Exploit Variability, Don't Eliminate It
The software business is complex. This is almost a cliché -- but we don't really understand what "complexity" actually means, or how to handle it well. Most big software operations spend a lot of...
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November Jobs Report: Are Labor Market Gaps Closing?
With the Fed likely to raise interest rates at the upcoming December meeting, economists are watching the November jobs report closely. What's next for the labor market? Here's what we're watching for...
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Don't Let Bad Credit Keep You From Starting a Business
By Benjamin PimentelYou have a great idea for a small business based on a promising market opportunity. You're ready to take the plunge. But there's a problem: money. You don't have any. Neither do you...
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7 Ways to Use Your Vendors to Finance Your Growth
Russ owned a successful contracting business that did large "tenant improvement" (TI's) projects for building owners. In his industry it is common practice that a contractor will have to float the...
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Weekend Roundup: Now It's NATO vs. NATO (New Anti-Terror Organization)
The Turkish downing of a Russian jet that crossed into its territory while bombing targets in Syria complicates even further the play of contraries in an already bewildering set of Mideast conflicts....
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Where's The Tablet I Ordered?
Joe Kim orders a tablet from Kmart.com, but it never arrives. Now they're balking at a refund. What gives?Question: I've been a loyal customer of Sears and Kmart, making multiple purchases online of...
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This Thanksgiving Do More Than Acknowledge the Oppression of Native...
A new conversation about Thanksgiving is cropping up this year, with mainstream media outlets like MTV and The New York Times calling attention to the holiday's questionable history. Critical people...
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A Loving Defense of Black Friday
The Black Friday that the news shows is all stampedes and helicopter shots of endless crowds. It does not show the personal side. Black Friday, for many, is more about having a ritualistic experience...
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The Predictive Enterprise: Five Trends Shaping the Future of Business
What if you could predict what products or services your customers wanted before they did? What if you knew how your competitors were thinking about the market? What if you could anticipate with...
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Is it Better to Be Liked or Respected at Work?
Too often I see professionals confuse the need to be liked with the need to be respected in the workplace. Both are required but one should definitely be focused on more than the other. Effective...
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The Calm before the Storm (Trends to Watch in the Upcoming Holiday Shopping...
It was not long ago that Black Friday was a point in time-the day after Thanksgiving that was generally accepted as the official start of the holiday shopping season. Then massive trends swept through...
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The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Is Just a Three-Hour Advertisement
As marketing campaigns have transformed Christmas from a celebration of selfless giving and cherished family bonding into a festive economic stimulus day, the 89th installment of the Macy's...
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Design Innovation by Design Research
What is the difference between "Juicy Salif" and an "iPhone"? Both novel for their time, the first is a beautiful sculpture, however useless orange squeezer the second a marvel in user-centered...
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7 Reasons for Reducing Your Company's Reliance on You
I started my first "real" business at age 23 when I dropped out of college to start distributing a nutritional product in San Diego, California. Until then, I was a semi-professional athlete training...
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Root Canal Or Annual Performance Review
I hate the annual performance review. I hate it. I hate it the way I hate cleaning toilets and running into work people outside of work. Oh, yeah ... hi! Soooo ... out shopping? Awesome ... wow, that...
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The Biggest Economic and Social Opportunity of All Time
When presenting the groundbreaking report "Our Common Future" to the U.N. General Assembly in 1987, former Prime Minister of Norway and current Deputy Chair of The Elders Gro Brundtland spoke out on...
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Are You a Leader or a Follower?
Leadership is the art of persuasion--the act of motivating people to do more than they ever thought possible in pursuit of a greater good. It has nothing to do with your title. It has nothing to do...
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Common Mistakes Men Make When Managing Women
What are some of the biggest mistakes men make when managing women? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique...
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The Shocking Truth About 'Having to Work on Black Friday'
Every year from family and friends on Thanksgiving Day I had to hear "I can't believe you have to work tomorrow. I'm off the entire weekend!" they'd croon. I hated it. I knew that they would be in...
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Shell Forced to Scale Back Ambitions
As with most oil companies, 2015 has been a rough year for Royal Dutch Shell. Then Anglo-Dutch company reported a third quarter loss of $6 billion, which included $7.9 billion in impairment charges....
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