what if we saw business as a force for good?
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Should all entrepreneurs be social entrepreneurs?
If a business stops serving society, is it still a business?
Super Moons and Serendipity
I looked up and realized we both were looking at the same night sky 400 miles apart but together. It was beautiful and serene. My grumpy irritation vanished. Thankfulness and calm washed over me as I took in this gorgeous view.
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps or love your neighbor because I don’t know if we can do both
In America, try hard enough and you shall succeed. However, this story line becomes dangerous when it tangles with a greater story - the one in which you are asked to love your neighbor as yourself.
When you ignore the natural laws of economics your business will fail
I’m experimenting with a different way of teaching business, or at least different than the way I was taught. I was taught business using a very practical approach, where I learned about how to observe markets and how to run a business. There were a few natural laws thrown in but I would like to approach it from a scientific “law” based approach.
Excuses for Economic Misbehavior
A friend of mine was asking the other day why we can’t have a working economy that cares for people. Good question – why can’t we?
Human Tech
To make good software you have to get touchy feely
Usability Countdown
It is possible to have a dynamic career site that attracts high quality applicants, while reducing the time to fill. The below strategies will give you a jump start in making a super usable career site.
Talent Competition
If we hated the popularity contests back in high school, why do we let popularity inform so many of our buying decisions? Not only do we buy our music from the latest super-marketed superstar, but we make a lot of our buying decisions based on the biggest “name”.
The Price of a Brand
I just heard about another couple of chains coming to my hometown. When I hear people getting excited about this news, I cringe, because I have come to realize the potentially negative impact of chain stores and restaurants on the local economy.
American Burnout
Is there anything more to American than brands and celebrities?
Know Thyself and Thy Coworker
How knowing your coworker’s personality style can improve your job performance.
Free to Live
Sometimes we get so wrapped in our to-dos, in perfecting our trade, that we forget what it’s all about. It’s about living. Business, technology, human resources, education, all of it is about making it through life with peace, love, grace, dignity, and comfort.
Can a Coworking Center
survive in a small city in the Midwest?
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