Fostering Creativity
One of the things that really helps drive creativity and innovation in a culture is having a strong civil society. The term civil society refers to those things that lie between the family and the government. Groups like churches, volunteer organizations, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, sports groups, and book clubs, have very positive benefits […]
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- Nov, 17, 2014
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Nov, 17, 2014
It is Just a Job
This needs to stop. We have been hearing for some time about life in the finance industry and how the most junior employees and interns cease to have a life when they start out at an investment bank or in many other parts of the sector. No one seemed surprised that overwork may have contributed […]
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- Nov, 14, 2014
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Top-Down Communication
Business coaches talk about the importance of getting everyone together on the same sheet of music (which is a pretty bad cliche, if you think about it…how many orchestras only use one sheet of music? That would be a very crowded music stand? But I digress.). It is important to understand where you want your […]
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- Nov, 12, 2014
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Speaking Up
We know that it is important to not hide information and communicate information from the top down, but don’t forget that information and ideas need to flow from the bottom up, too. Sometimes, though, bosses can seem unapproachable (sometimes, because they really ARE unapproachable…not every leader is good). When that happens, it may be up […]
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- Nov, 10, 2014
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Do Something You Enjoy
America lost a very funny, and very loud, voice this week. Tom Magliozzi, who co-hosted the popular radio show “Car Talk” with his brother Ray for over 35 years, passed away Monday, and the world is a less funny place as a result. Readers in Asia will probably not be familiar with “Car Talk,” but […]
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- Nov, 07, 2014
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