Story provided by Fast Company – What’s it like to work without any feedback? To JetBlue chairman Joel Peterson, it’s like “driving a car with no speedometer, learning to cook without ever tasting your food, or playing basketball without a scoreboard.” But simply giving feedback isn’t enough: If the commentary is vague and constructively critiquing[]un-constructively negative, he says, … Continue reading
Daily Archives: October 18, 2013
Restoring Sanity After the Shutdown
Story provided by the Powell Consulting Group – For more months the partisan bickering has opened a deep divide that extends far beyond the boundaries of Congress or the Washington DC beltway. The ensuing back and forth spurred a national crisis that had no clear winners and plenty of losers. Government workers and … Continue reading
For Facebook Users, It’s More Like 4 Degrees of Separation
Story provided by Pacific Standard – Six degrees of separation? Please. In the Facebook era, the number of people between you and any other human being has dropped below four. That’s the conclusion of a newly published study from Taiwan. Eman Yasser Daraghmi and Shyan-Ming Yuan of National Chiao Tung University report that “the average number of acquaintances … Continue reading
Raising Entrepreneurs
Story provided by Medium (Written by Jake Johnson) – What did your parents teach you about money? If you’re anything like me, you were taught that money was earned by completing a task. As a kid, I had a weekly allowance. My parents made a chore list. Each week I was responsible for … Continue reading