(Picture I took of some beautiful trees in California) I am flying back to California for Christmas. It will definitely be a blast being able to see my friends and family again after having spent a year away from them. I thought I would let you all know that because I am flying back tomorrow, [...]
Today is my debut on EmployeeEvolution, a site that gives millennial’s answers to some harder hitting questions and HR professionals a glimpse into our minds. The site is a fantastic source with great discussion going on consistently. Hopefully my article “Getting from where you are to where you want to be in four easy steps” [...]
As it’s finals week, I am spending a fair portion of time studying. I’ve always felt essay exams are a much better representation of what you know that multiple choice exams. As I was studying for a multiple choice exam, a great example as to why came about. Surveys indicate that between _________ percent of [...]
A while back I wrote about how organizations should be messy and quirky because they’re made up of humans. They’re not perfect because we’re not perfect and that by in fact acting human, we are more easily able to relate to the organization. Being able to relate to an organization is a great thing, it [...]
5 of the top 10 books in Japan were written on and for mobile phones. That’s pretty crazy… and an interesting market to say the least. What’s more, a Japanese book editor speculates that allowing readers of the books to send in suggestions, critiques, and comment hugely spurs the paper bound sales of the book [...]
I mentioned a site called MonitorThis about a month or so ago. I was pretty enthralled by the site since it pulled in data from so many places and exported it to an OPML file (a file you can import into an RSS reader like Bloglines or Google Reader). The issue, however, was for each [...]
Before I get into it, Facebook’s PR is brilliant (read last bold paragraph for explanation). There’s been a lot of talk on Facebook Beacon and its privacy settings. Really, a lot. More than was probably necessary. That’s why I didn’t cover it. But now that the whole thing is over, and in the event you [...]
The Web: Hidden Games -Free ebook on how social networks (like YouTube, Digg, etc) can be viewed as games and how to “win” within them. Read a little, interesting food for thought thus far. Top 10 Tags of 2007 on Del.icio.us – For those who are curious on stats/demo info on some of the social [...]
OK, all. I want to admit something to you. But before I just outright do it, allow me to setup the back story. I am a big fan of going directly to the consumer. Talking to the audience. Hearing the cries from people in the trenches, etc etc. With that in mind, I was contacting [...]
The business school (I ought to say Dr. Harper, the professor who has probably had the most impact on my life) has pretty well ingrained the notion of finding customer demand (for which I am thankful) . Not just any demand, mind you. The kind of demand where you tell a customer about the product [...]