Strong business cultures are the result of years of painstaking effort – hire by hire and dismissal by dismissal. In this Forbes article, Professor Joel C. Peterson explores why hiring the right people is key to winning customers: http://stnfd.biz/kWnSY
“
(Reblogged from msg)
People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill, they want a quarter-inch hole.
Theodore Levitt (via marksweep)
Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?
John Tierney:
Any decision, whether it’s what pants to buy or whether to start a war, can be broken down into what psychologists call the Rubicon model of action phases, in honor of the river that separated Italy from the Roman province of Gaul. When Caesar reached it in 49 B.C., on his way home after conquering the Gauls, he knew that a general returning to Rome was forbidden to take his legions across the river with him, lest it be considered an invasion of Rome. Waiting on the Gaul side of the river, he was in the “predecisional phase” as he contemplated the risks and benefits of starting a civil war. Then he stopped calculating and crossed the Rubicon, reaching the “postdecisional phase,” which Caesar defined much more felicitously: “The die is cast.”
“
…you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. Always take the decisions you need to take, even if you’re not sure you’re doing the right thing. You’ll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: ‘The devil is in the detail.’ Remember that proverb and you’ll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.
― Paulo Coelho; passed along by my wonderful girlfriend Anna. Words to live by.
Birthday lunch with my Grandpa.
“
(Reblogged from msg)
Complaints without solutions are meaningless.
Don’t just complain about what you don’t like - provide solutions that could be equally or more effective in the given scenario(s).
Cause I’ve got to tell you, if it’s just whining and insults, it comes off as someone with no intent of making a difference themselves. Anyone can complain, but people who provide solutions make a difference. The two go hand in hand - “This is wrong, here is how it should be handled.” - but one can’t exist without the other if real change is the actual intent.
Barrett Garese (via ronenreblogs)
“
(Reblogged from futuristgerd)
Noting that the mere brand value of Apple stands at $87 billion, “Branding is everything!” Pirtini said at the summit in Ankara, also adding: “If you are not a brand, then you are nothing. The only instrument [available to you then] is [selling at a] low price.” Among the top world economies, Turkey comes right before countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden, but doesn’t have a single world brand. And it is the branding which makes all the difference. Although Turkey is the world’s 16th and Europe’s 6th largest economy, the brand value of the top 100 Turkish brands comes up to $33.2 billion, which is much less than half of Apple’s figure.
The AP’s Twitter account was hijacked and used to post the following: “Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured.” Within a few moments, the stock market took a 1% nosedive, before returning to the norm when it became apparent the account was fake.
A few thoughts and questions:
- Are automated bidders using natural language analysis now? Is some cobbled together sentiment engine marking a tweet from a (usually) trusted source as negative, triggering a precise sale? If so, will we see a rise in noise bots, creating a shadow news economy to screw with competitive holdings?
- Look how liquid the market is: within a couple minutes 1% was gone.
- People are making real business decisions from Twitter. (This blip will likely figure into countless social media presentations for years to come.)
- What will we legislate first: news speed or market speed?
Thoughts? (Via The Atlantic Wire)
Professor Baba Shiv offers tips for the “imperfect pitch” and why it works: http://stnfd.biz/kcVcH
