If I told you money is not a good work incentive would you believe me? Yeah, you might. But what if I told you that money as an incentive can actually lower your performance, would you believe me then? Well it's true, and science backs this up. This is the point that Dan Pink has been trying to spread lately. In the video above we're introduced to some very interesting research that has proven, once and again that performance is not tied t...

When reaching out to others there is a myth that you can get everyone to like you, or at the very least, stop anyone from disliking you. It is bullshit, and I can prove it. Name one important person, company or cause in history that is universally liked or hated. If you drew a blank is because anything that stands up for something will inevitably be rejected by some. Those who are remarkable take a stance, they know who and what they are...

A great case of cosmic convergence, or coincidence, your choice. I was listening to Faith No More's Epic this morning when I read this post on Seth's blog in which he riffs that consumers will always be asking "Is that it?" when faced with even the best of products or services. He then turns this into a cause for marketers and companies in general to strive for more, to be able to reply to "is that it?" with "No! There's more!". However, this i...

Wired has an article on its April issue titled How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong. It tells the story of Apple's management style, how while in Silicon Valley management is going for the open route, being empowering and comforting to its employees, Apple is going the opposite route. Its corporate culture values extreme secrecy, empowerment is a dirty word at the company and micromanagement is on the menu everyday. At t...

Ever since they crammed us with resume formulas back in high school I knew they were little more than a waste of paper. If you're comfortable with representing all you are worth and everything that makes you remarkable into a formulaic document then there's not really that much that's remarkable about you. The few times I've sat down to write a resume I felt completely inadequate. How do you express your passions into a resume? How do you ...

Circuit City has been in hot water as of late, its place behind Best Buy in the electronics market is only overshadowed by its massive continuous loses over the past years. Their latest plan to turn things around is rebranding as The City. With a concept of smaller stores, interactive demonstrations of their products and store "guides" equipped with tablet computers, the company hopes to regain ground. But there's something wrong. A job...