When a senior FBI official told Congress the role the NSA's secret surveillance apparatus played in a San Diego terror financing case today, nobody was more surprised to hear it than the defense attorney who fought a long and futile court battle to get exactly the same information while defending the case in court.
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A Gorgeous Screen That’s Also An Elaborate Cityscape
Fast Company18 Jun 2013 | 3:00 pmInstalled at the Centraal Museum, Rietveld Landscape’s screen is a wire-cut mirror image of the city they designed in 2010. When Utrecht’s Centraal Museum commissioned a new installation from Amsterdam-based design and research office Rietveld Landscape, they gave the studio two directives. First, they asked Rietveld to create something that referred back to Vacant NL, an expansive model city they created for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010. The monochromatic cityscape proposed re-purposing unoccupied government-owned buildings into multi-use hotbeds of creative and… -
Broadband Has Broad Appeal In Western Europe
Data Insights17 Jun 2013 | 4:59 amWith Jeff Wray With almost 80% of homes in the EU-7 (France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and UK) having online access in 2013, Internet connections are a standard household component today in Western Europe. And as users demand faster connections to consume rich media content across multiple devices, broadband connectivity is quickly becoming the norm. The Forrester Research Online Access Forecast -- Broadband, 2012 To 2017 (EU-7) shows that 72% of all EU-7 households had a DSL, cable, or fiber broadband subscription in 2012, well above the global average. But not all European… -
The 'Forward-looking' CFO: Linking Financial Rigor with Leadership
Knowledge@Wharton6 Jun 2013 | 12:01 pmGlobal organizations operating in the contemporary business landscape need to tightly link financial rigor and strategic insight. Increasingly, senior financial executives are playing influential roles in strategy development and implementation, working closely with the CEO and the board to creatively assess and design growth opportunities. The question is: Are CFOs prepared to move beyond the number-crunching function to act and lead in this capacity? Wharton's Jason Wingard and John Percival discuss this and other issues. -
A Gorgeous Screen That’s Also An Elaborate Cityscape
Fast Company18 Jun 2013 | 3:00 pmInstalled at the Centraal Museum, Rietveld Landscape’s screen is a wire-cut mirror image of the city they designed in 2010. When Utrecht’s Centraal Museum commissioned a new installation from Amsterdam-based design and research office Rietveld Landscape, they gave the studio two directives. First, they asked Rietveld to create something that referred back to Vacant NL, an expansive model city they created for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010. The monochromatic cityscape proposed re-purposing unoccupied government-owned buildings into multi-use hotbeds of creative and…
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NSA's Role in Two Terror Cases Was Concealed From Defense Lawyers
18 Jun 2013 | 4:16 pmWhen a senior FBI official told Congress the role the NSA's secret surveillance apparatus played in a San Diego terror financing case today, nobody was more surprised to hear it than the defense attorney who fought a long and futile court battle to get exactly the same information while defending the case in court. -
Being Electric Doesn't Keep This Plane From Serious Aerobatics
18 Jun 2013 | 2:30 pmThe Airbus A380 is among the biggest stars of the Paris Air Show, but no less impressive is the sleek electric aerobatic trainer that is it distant cousin. -
Google Challenges FISA Gag Orders on Free Speech Grounds
18 Jun 2013 | 1:47 pmGoogle filed a legal challenge today against gag orders that come with the FISA court orders it receives from the FBI and NSA, on grounds that the silence orders impinge on the company's First Amendment rights to speak freely about the data requests it receives for user data. -
The NSA Hearing, by the Numbers
18 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pmA federal hearing today on NSA surveillance programs leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden produced some interesting numbers about the scope of the data collections and other issues. We've produced a roundup below of some of the interesting stats and intelligence gleaned from the discussion. -
NSA Disruption of Stock Exchange Bomb Plot Disputed
18 Jun 2013 | 11:35 amDid the government really disrupt a bomb plot targeting the New York Stock Exchange? The FBI deputy director said that today in a Spygate hearing where the government for the first time said the secret spy techniques publicly disclosed two weeks ago had halted some 50 terror attacks in 20 countries.
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A Gorgeous Screen That’s Also An Elaborate Cityscape
18 Jun 2013 | 3:00 pmInstalled at the Centraal Museum, Rietveld Landscape’s screen is a wire-cut mirror image of the city they designed in 2010. When Utrecht’s Centraal Museum commissioned a new installation from Amsterdam-based design and research office Rietveld Landscape, they gave the studio two directives. First, they asked Rietveld to create something that referred back to Vacant NL, an expansive model city they created for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010. The monochromatic cityscape proposed re-purposing unoccupied government-owned buildings into multi-use hotbeds of creative and… -
This Guy Lives Moneyless, Stateless, And Proud
18 Jun 2013 | 2:00 pmThis man exemplifies a pure idea of the sharing economy. Can he change how you think about money? elf Pavlik (that’s his name, with the lowercase) has been living the last four years without money. He doesn’t have it, use it, or believe in it. He’d rather share his time and skills, exchanging what he can for food and lodging, wherever he can get it. He’s also "stateless." Born in Poland, he now goes where his imagination takes him--to friends, events, and creative adventures. Pavlik is the antithesis to how most of us live, always worrying about money, and he’s… -
A Tape Dispenser Designed For One-Handed Use
18 Jun 2013 | 1:30 pmNow you can make shipping packages and moving day way less of a pain. Clenched teeth and curse words usually accompany the act of holding an overstuffed cardboard box together with one hand while futzing around with a roll of packing tape with the other. The folks at Black + Blum--a brand that has, since 1998, brought a playful perspective to households basics--want to help make packing less of a hassle. On a Roll makes the one-handed tape maneuver far less tricky, thanks to a cleverly cantilevered design that tips to the side just so. The other key element is in the sheer weight of the damn… -
The Best In Outdoor Creativity: IBM Wins Grand Prix At Cannes
18 Jun 2013 | 12:30 pmIBM’s useful outdoor ads wins the top prize in the Outdoor Lions. When we wrote about them recently, IBM’s “Ads With Purpose”--a series of outdoor ads that were designed to be useful--seemed to strike a nerve with our audience, generating a healthy amount of views and "Likes." Now, they’ve generated the ad world’s biggest prize: a Grand Prix at Cannes. The campaign, from Ogilvy France, consists of a series of three colorful outdoor boards with a design twist that makes them double as useful urban installations--a rain shelter, a bench and a bike ramp.Read… -
A Live Bike Counter Shows A City How Many People Are Riding
18 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pmThis device in San Francisco creates up-to-the-minute stats for all to see about how popular the bike lane is. Just glance at the steady flow of cyclists cruising along downtown San Francisco’s major thoroughfare Market Street at rush hour, and you’ll get the sense that the bike lanes are being well utilized. But observations aren’t the same as cold, hard data, and the city has installed a new bike counter that visualizes just how much the number of bikers has grown, joining cities like Seattle and Copenhagen who have taken on similar awareness-raising projects. In recent…
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Broadband Has Broad Appeal In Western Europe
17 Jun 2013 | 4:59 amWith Jeff Wray With almost 80% of homes in the EU-7 (France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and UK) having online access in 2013, Internet connections are a standard household component today in Western Europe. And as users demand faster connections to consume rich media content across multiple devices, broadband connectivity is quickly becoming the norm. The Forrester Research Online Access Forecast -- Broadband, 2012 To 2017 (EU-7) shows that 72% of all EU-7 households had a DSL, cable, or fiber broadband subscription in 2012, well above the global average. But not all European… -
The Data Digest: Global Mobile Digital Travel Behaviors
7 Jun 2013 | 1:27 amWe finally have sunny weather here in the Netherlands -- and for me, and many of my friends and colleagues, that means it's time to prepare for our summer holidays! Will it be a family vacation close to home this year, or should we play safe and opt for a sunny getaway to Southern Europe? While collectively deciding on a destination for the family (and sometimes the extended family, too) may demand caution and compromise, the act of making travel reservations has never been easier. With hospitality companies and travel agencies moving from online to mobile portals, we have the potential… -
The Data Digest: The Multitasking Behaviors Of US Online Youth
24 May 2013 | 2:40 amThree years ago, Stanford Communications Professor Emeritus Donald F. Roberts believed that American youth had hit a ceiling on media use, as there simply weren't enough hours in the day to increase the amount of time children were spending on media. He was astounded to see that time spent on media consumption did in fact grow, as young individuals began consuming heavily across multiple devices at the same time. And the numbers have continued to increase since: More than 80% of US online consumers ages 12 to 17 multitask online while watching TV. Multitasking behavior among this demographic… -
Highlights From The Future Of Consumer Intelligence Event
21 May 2013 | 7:03 amLast week, I had the pleasure of attending the Future of Consumer Intelligence conference in San Francisco. This week, when I reflect back on the conference topics and energy, I realize how fitting San Francisco was as the location of the event: Much like the essence of the city itself, the conference speakers and attendees showed ingenuity and optimism around the challenges and opportunities that the market research industry faces. I also thought about the same conference that I attended last May (IIR Market Research Technology Event 2012) and the key themes that I gathered and blogged… -
29% Of Online Ad Spend In The US Will Be From Mobile By 2018
16 May 2013 | 9:37 amMobile ad spending is finally taking off. The Forrester Research Mobile Advertising Forecast, 2013 To 2018 (US) predicts that mobile ad spend (smartphones plus tablets) will represent more than 29% of the total online ad spend in the US by 2018. The forecast looks at mobile device ownership in the US, trends in device usage, and mobile advertising supply-side data to fix the current and future market size for display, search, and social spending. The drivers behind this take-off of mobile ad spending are:Read moreCategories:Mobile advertising Online advertising smartphone tablet
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The 'Forward-looking' CFO: Linking Financial Rigor with Leadership
6 Jun 2013 | 12:01 pmGlobal organizations operating in the contemporary business landscape need to tightly link financial rigor and strategic insight. Increasingly, senior financial executives are playing influential roles in strategy development and implementation, working closely with the CEO and the board to creatively assess and design growth opportunities. The question is: Are CFOs prepared to move beyond the number-crunching function to act and lead in this capacity? Wharton's Jason Wingard and John Percival discuss this and other issues. -
Adobe Acrobat at 20: Successes, Second Guesses and a Few Miscues
5 Jun 2013 | 12:57 pmThis month, Adobe Acrobat turns 20. Adobe Systems co-founder and co-chairman John Warnock and SVP of technology Bob Wulff spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about the product's origins, early struggles and eventual success -- in addition to expounding on what's wrong with the worldwide web and why the world needs to defeat the App Store. -
On Wall Street, Netflix Is a Comeback Kid -- But Can It Stay on Top?
5 Jun 2013 | 12:57 pmAlmost two years ago, Netflix seemed to have bottomed out. The streaming and DVD rental company raised its prices, resulting in a mass exodus of subscribers, while also launching an ill-fated attempt to separate its two businesses. Yet the firm seems to have bounced back, emerging as the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 index during the first quarter of this year. Wharton experts and others say Netflix achieved this by focusing on its core customer base and committing to a long-term strategy. But in a highly competitive business, they add, innovation remains key. -
Skipped Out on Your Restaurant Reservation? That Will Be $200, Please
5 Jun 2013 | 12:57 pmNo-shows are a rampant problem in the restaurant industry, costing businesses wasted time and money. Some restaurants have started to experiment by charging "no-show fees" to consumers who fail to appear. In a new paper, Wharton PhD student Jaelynn Oh and operations and information management professor Xuanming Su use a game theoretic model to suggest that many restaurants could maximize profits by punishing customers who don't show up for their reservations and rewarding those who do. -
Encore Careers: Why an Aging Population Is a Resource, Not a Problem
5 Jun 2013 | 12:57 pmMany people in the Western world used to anticipate retiring in their 50s or 60s. Now, they are embarking on new "encore" careers at the very time when they might have previously been expected to begin a life of leisure. Marci Alboher, author of The Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life, spoke to Wharton professor Stewart Friedman about second -- and even third -- acts. (Video with transcript)
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Fast Company
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A Gorgeous Screen That’s Also An Elaborate Cityscape
18 Jun 2013 | 3:00 pmInstalled at the Centraal Museum, Rietveld Landscape’s screen is a wire-cut mirror image of the city they designed in 2010. When Utrecht’s Centraal Museum commissioned a new installation from Amsterdam-based design and research office Rietveld Landscape, they gave the studio two directives. First, they asked Rietveld to create something that referred back to Vacant NL, an expansive model city they created for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010. The monochromatic cityscape proposed re-purposing unoccupied government-owned buildings into multi-use hotbeds of creative and… -
This Guy Lives Moneyless, Stateless, And Proud
18 Jun 2013 | 2:00 pmThis man exemplifies a pure idea of the sharing economy. Can he change how you think about money? elf Pavlik (that’s his name, with the lowercase) has been living the last four years without money. He doesn’t have it, use it, or believe in it. He’d rather share his time and skills, exchanging what he can for food and lodging, wherever he can get it. He’s also "stateless." Born in Poland, he now goes where his imagination takes him--to friends, events, and creative adventures. Pavlik is the antithesis to how most of us live, always worrying about money, and he’s… -
A Tape Dispenser Designed For One-Handed Use
18 Jun 2013 | 1:30 pmNow you can make shipping packages and moving day way less of a pain. Clenched teeth and curse words usually accompany the act of holding an overstuffed cardboard box together with one hand while futzing around with a roll of packing tape with the other. The folks at Black + Blum--a brand that has, since 1998, brought a playful perspective to households basics--want to help make packing less of a hassle. On a Roll makes the one-handed tape maneuver far less tricky, thanks to a cleverly cantilevered design that tips to the side just so. The other key element is in the sheer weight of the damn… -
The Best In Outdoor Creativity: IBM Wins Grand Prix At Cannes
18 Jun 2013 | 12:30 pmIBM’s useful outdoor ads wins the top prize in the Outdoor Lions. When we wrote about them recently, IBM’s “Ads With Purpose”--a series of outdoor ads that were designed to be useful--seemed to strike a nerve with our audience, generating a healthy amount of views and "Likes." Now, they’ve generated the ad world’s biggest prize: a Grand Prix at Cannes. The campaign, from Ogilvy France, consists of a series of three colorful outdoor boards with a design twist that makes them double as useful urban installations--a rain shelter, a bench and a bike ramp.Read… -
A Live Bike Counter Shows A City How Many People Are Riding
18 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pmThis device in San Francisco creates up-to-the-minute stats for all to see about how popular the bike lane is. Just glance at the steady flow of cyclists cruising along downtown San Francisco’s major thoroughfare Market Street at rush hour, and you’ll get the sense that the bike lanes are being well utilized. But observations aren’t the same as cold, hard data, and the city has installed a new bike counter that visualizes just how much the number of bikers has grown, joining cities like Seattle and Copenhagen who have taken on similar awareness-raising projects. In recent…
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United Adds to Elite-Flier Requirements
18 Jun 2013 | 4:38 pmUnited Airlines said it would add a minimum annual spending level that passengers will have to meet to qualify for elite frequent-flier status. -
Boeing Wins Orders for Stretched 787
18 Jun 2013 | 4:33 pmBoeing signed up five customers for a new stretched version of its Dreamliner, a milestone in a marketing push it hopes will reignite sales of the aircraft after the current version was temporarily grounded this year. -
Dish Network Drops Pursuit of Sprint
18 Jun 2013 | 4:27 pmDish Network said it isn't pursuing a new offer to buy Sprint Nextel and instead is focusing on its tender offer for wireless provider Clearwire. -
Court Urges Ex-Im Bank to Refine Jet-Review Process
18 Jun 2013 | 4:26 pmA U.S. federal appeals court called on the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. to review its procedures in approving $3.4 billion in loan guarantees to Air India to buy as many as 30 long-range jets from Boeing. -
Chrysler Bows to Jeep Recall
18 Jun 2013 | 4:24 pmChrysler said it would recall 1.56 million Jeeps to strengthen the vehicles, reversing course after initially rejecting a regulator's request for a larger recall after a study found a higher rate of fire after collisions than other SUVs.
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Jefferson County Debt Plan Is Costly
18 Jun 2013 | 7:17 amThe plan by Jefferson County, Ala., to emerge from bankruptcy protection hinges in part on the sale of $1.9 billion of new debt this fall to refinance debt tied to its troubled sewer system. But some observers are calling terms of the new debt onerous. -
KPMG Ex-Partner Is Arraigned
18 Jun 2013 | 6:09 amFormer KPMG LLP senior partner Scott London was arraigned here Monday in federal court, where a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf, although he is expected to plead guilty once certain procedural matters are resolved. -
Thai Rice Aid Criticized
17 Jun 2013 | 9:21 pmThailand's government took a step toward revealing the full cost of its contentious rice-price support program, saying it had lost $4.4 billion on the subsidy from fall 2011 to September 2012. -
Co-op Bank Plans a Novel 'Bail-In'
17 Jun 2013 | 8:25 pmCo-operative Bank said it would ask subordinated bondholders to take heavy losses in an effort to raise £1.5 billion ($2.36 billion) in fresh capital and stave off a potential collapse.
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Immigration bill could cut deficits by $175 billion
18 Jun 2013 | 3:57 pmA bipartisan Senate bill that would create a path to legal status for many of the 11.5 million undocumented immigrants in the United States could reduce deficits by $175 billion over the first 10 years and by at least $700 billion in the second decade. -
U.S. says spy programs foiled NYSE bomb plot
18 Jun 2013 | 3:52 pmGovernment officials pointed to an alleged plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange to justify controversial electronic surveillance programs that came to light this month. -
China's fastest-growing cities for multi-millionaires
18 Jun 2013 | 3:49 pmThe population of multi-millionaires in little-known Chinese cities is growing at a breakneck pace, according to new research from WealthInsight. -
Google fights gag order
18 Jun 2013 | 3:27 pmRead full story for latest details. -
Check out the new signature on your $5 bill
18 Jun 2013 | 1:58 pmWith the new signature, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's old, squiggly signature is dead.
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Dish abandons Sprint bid to focus on Clearwire
18 Jun 2013 | 4:35 pmNEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp said on Tuesday that it would not make a new offer to buy No. 3 U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel and focus instead on its tender offer for Clearwire Corp -
Vodafone raises Kabel Deutschland offer after rival bid: report
18 Jun 2013 | 4:29 pm(Reuters) - Britain's Vodafone Group Plc has raised its preliminary offer to buy Germany's largest cable operator, Kabel Deutschland Holding AG, a day after U.S. media group Liberty Global Plc made a rival bid, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the bid. -
U.S. lawmakers urge careful review of American-US Airways deal
18 Jun 2013 | 4:27 pmWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers with antitrust oversight have urged the Obama administration to carefully review a planned merger of American Airlines and US Airways Group to ensure that it will not lead to higher prices for air travelers. -
Exclusive: SunGard explores $2 billion data unit sale - sources
18 Jun 2013 | 4:12 pmNEW YORK (Reuters) - SunGard Data Systems Inc, the computer software maker that was taken private in 2005 for $11.4 billion, is exploring a sale of its data managing operations that could fetch up to $2 billion, several people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. -
UK's Osborne to unveil future of state-controlled banks
18 Jun 2013 | 4:09 pmLONDON (Reuters) - The fate of Britain's two state-controlled banks will become clearer on Wednesday, when finance minister George Osborne is likely to start the clock ticking for the sale of the government's stakes.
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Al Capone's Final Home Sells
18 Jun 2013 | 4:31 pmOne of America's most notorious gangsters didn't go down in a gunfight, but died of heart failure in a luxe Miami Beach mansion. -
A Return To 10 Percent Down Payments
18 Jun 2013 | 4:26 pmAfter virtually disappearing for years, the 10 percent down payment is back. -
Sold: Arnold Schwarzenegger's Former Home And Place Of Affair
18 Jun 2013 | 4:24 pmSome homes have a tough time shaking their reputation, especially if they're reputation is tied to a highly publicized scandal. -
Google Reviews More Prominent With Official Knowledge Graph Update
18 Jun 2013 | 4:16 pmGoogle officially announced some big changes to a Google Local Search feature with its new "Carousel" of local results at the top of the search page. These results show above advertisements in a large banner (see image to right) and are quite prominent. This change has been coming for a while, however, its roll-out signals a range of opportunities for business owners and marketing executives. -
The Six Rules of Intelligent Investing
18 Jun 2013 | 4:01 pmWhat does it take to manage money? How do you know which assets to buy and sell? How do you know which stocks to buy and sell? What should you do in a market correction? When you should adjust your portfolio? How can you avoid costly mistakes?
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Reach Emerging Market Customers Through Their Own Networks
18 Jun 2013 | 2:59 pmNavi Radjou, innovation and leadership strategist, suggests multinational companies rely on comprehensive networking to ensure successful expansion. He is the coauthor of Jugaad Innovation. -
Beware Africa's "Middle Class"
18 Jun 2013 | 8:00 amIf you have considered investing in Africa, you have no doubt been influenced by frequent recent reports on the continent's apparently large, burgeoning middle class. These rising Africans are said to be increasingly armed with the hard currency, and the taste, to pay for your goods and services. But if you have actually taken some steps toward attaching hard numbers to this supposedly massive middle-class consumer base, you probably have also found a fair amount of confusion. Part of that confusion stems from the tendency of commentators to postulate the existence of all-purpose middle-class… -
The Public/Private Cooperation We Need on Cyber Security
18 Jun 2013 | 7:00 amNot that long ago, cybersecurity was an issue for the back room. Now, it's made its way to the boardroom and the Situation Room. In February, President Obama issued an executive order aimed at protecting critical infrastructure, adding the administration's voice to those of Congressional members and corporate leaders in the national conversation on cybersecurity. Just as government and industry coordinated the telecommunications response after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the order enlists both public and private entities in assuring that critical infrastructure is continuously monitored and… -
Battle-Tested Tips for Effective Explanations
18 Jun 2013 | 6:00 amYou probably know the famous scene in the movie Glengary Glen Ross where Alec Baldwin's character tells his team to "Always be closing." I wish it were that simple. These days closing the deal, or even getting close, comes with more prerequisites — the biggest of which is understanding. People will not buy what they do not understand. Quality explanations are the key to getting prospects to become customers. I suggest a new motto for today: "Always be explaining." We rely on explanations so often that we rarely consider how to make them better. Our explanations just... happen. -
New York Incentive Program for Teachers Falls Flat
18 Jun 2013 | 5:30 amA recent teacher-incentive program aimed at boosting student performance in New York City had no effect at all, according to a study of 200 public schools by Roland G. Fryer of Harvard. Experiments in Kenya and India have shown positive effects of incentives, but the New York program, under which schools were eligible to distribute up to $3,000 per teacher, may have been so complex (due in part to union influence) that teachers couldn't predict how their efforts would translate into rewards, Fryer says. The U.S. government has established a Teacher Incentive Fund to provide $1.2 billion in…
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Ten Charts That Show We've All Got a Case of the Mondays
14 Jun 2013 | 11:46 amIf you're in a workplace in America right now, chances are most of the people around you are pretty checked out. You might even be plodding through the day yourself, counting down the hours until you can fly out the door. Or you're doing your very best to make your unhappiness known to anyone within earshot. This type of disengagement is outlined by Gallup's latest "State of the American Workplace" report, which has implications for you, your financial bottom line, and the well-being of your company, so I pulled out some charts from the report that I found striking. First, though, a couple of… -
Foreign Businesses Still Struggle with Beijing, 24 Years After Tiananmen
5 Jun 2013 | 7:51 amThis week's anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre provides a good opportunity to revisit the thorny question of what responsibilities foreign businesses have in dealing with a repressive government like China's. Over the years, I've seen tough-as-nails CEOs abandon their normal prudence when dealing with China and its potentially vast market. It's a dangerous trap, not just for the media companies that I know best but for any company trying to operate or expand in China. When I worked for Time magazine in the '90s and '00s, Jerry Levin was the chairman of our parent company, Time Warner. -
Welcome to the "Data Under Siege" Insight Center
4 Jun 2013 | 8:00 amShh. Don't say a word. If you're hacked, don't let on. That's the knee-jerk response at a lot of corporations, which routinely conceal cyber attacks from shareholders and the public. Incidents at Coca-Cola and BG Group weren't acknowledged, according to Bloomberg. Nor were breaches at ArcelorMittal and Chesapeake Energy. Even governments have been mum about the cross-border hacking that has risen to furious levels lately, which is why President Obama's vow to raise the issue of cyber security with Chinese president Xi Jinping this week represents a significant break from past whisper… -
What A.G. Lafley's Return Means for P&G
24 May 2013 | 8:41 amWith former CEO A.G. Lafley returning to the helm of Procter & Gamble, I asked Rosabeth Moss Kanter for her analysis. She holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School. She's an expert on strategy, innovation, and leading change. She is also Chair and Director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative. She is a regular contributor to HBR and HBR.org. She's on twitter @RosabethKanter. In her latest book, SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good, she analyzed how P&G (among other companies) achieved long-term… -
A Futurist Looks at the Future of Marketing
24 May 2013 | 7:00 amDigital marketing is evolving as fast as any other medium on our tablets, smartphones, Google Glass and beyond. To learn about what the future may bring to this marketing genre, we reached out to Gerd Leonhard, an author, strategic advisor, CEO of TheFuturesAgency, and someone whom The Wall Street Journal calls "one of the leading media-futurists in the world." Here are some of Leonhard's predictions for what's coming. Add yours in the comments section below. 1. By 2020, most interruptive marketing will be gone. Instead, marketing will be personalized, customized, and adapted to what I have…
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Do the Numbers Behind Prism Add Up?
14 Jun 2013 | 6:15 pmMy print column examines the math behind the National Security Agency's Prism program to collect data on personal communications. Even with much still unknown about Prism, statisticians and security experts are debating whether a data-mining program can be an efficient way to spot terrorists and chatter about terrorism. Corey Chivers, a fourth-year graduate student at McGill University in Montreal, stirred the debate with a blog post last week claiming that, by one set of assumptions, an algorithm to screen communications would falsely flag 10,000 innocent people for every one terrorist. -
Census Nominee’s Full Plate
7 Jun 2013 | 9:41 pmJohn H. Thompson, nominated by President Obama to lead the Census Bureau, would have a big set of challenges if he takes office, starting with possible blowback from reports about the PRISM program. -
No Shortcuts in Measuring Bridge Safety
31 May 2013 | 5:38 pmA bridge's age, its sufficiency ratings, whether it's classified as deficient -- none of these say how likely the bridge is to collapse. -
Seeking Order in Disorder Data
24 May 2013 | 7:24 pmA recent report on mental disorders among American children sheds light on how many are suffering, and on what we still don't know about prevalence of these conditions. -
Tough Math of Victim Funds
17 May 2013 | 8:10 pmKenneth Feinberg explains his approach to deciding how to distribute funds for victims of tragedies such as the Boston Marathon bombings.
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11 Leadership Lessons From Jazz Musicians
18 Jun 2013 | 12:53 pmJazz musicians are agile and dynamic. They are gracious--but not shy. Here's what you can take from the stage to the board room.Some people would introduce me as a venture capitalist, since I run a venture firm in Detroit. Others might reference me as an entrepreneur, given that I've founded four technology companies. I guess these people wouldn't be wrong in their verbiage, but it's not an introduction I prefer.Instead, I'd rather be deemed a jazz musician. After decades of training, countless hours of practice, and a whole host of gigs nationwide, jazz is my passion--and its something that… -
5 Reasons to Take Corporate Capital
18 Jun 2013 | 12:41 pmStart-up VCs get all of the attention, but Fortune 500 companies might make better investors for your start-up.Venture capitalist Fred Wilson is not a fan of corporate capital; he said as much during one of Pandodaily's fireside chats in New York last week.Wilson was served a rebuttal on Tuesday, however, at Bloomberg's Next Big Thing Summit in Half Moon Bay, California. Panelists from four corporate investment firms sat down with Bloomberg reporter Douglas MacMillan to set the record straight. Corporate capital provides a few things traditional VCs can't offer, they said.Here are their five… -
7 Super Entrepreneurship Lessons From 'Man of Steel'
18 Jun 2013 | 10:55 amSuperman as an entrepreneur? Not exactly, but you just may walk away from "Man of Steel" with inspiration for your business.Over the weekend my wife and I and a friend saw Man of Steel--the latest reboot of the Superman franchise. Note: Spoilers below! If you haven't seen the movie yet, you might want to stop reading. But then again, it's Superman. You probably know the story already.Afterward, as we left the theater, my mind wandered to what the movie had to say about entrepreneurship. (It's a sickness. I can't stop thinking like this. Maybe you can relate.) Nobody actually starts a business… -
Mark Suster: 'Silicon Valley Will Always Produce the Big Hits'
18 Jun 2013 | 10:38 amThe seasoned VC says Silicon Valley will remain a tech hub for years, but Silicon Alley, with its focus on content, is paving the way for exciting changes.What's in a name? A lot, according to Mark Suster, founder and CEO of Build Online and an investor with the Los Angeles-based GRP partners. That's why his firm is changing its name. "I think it's a bit rich that we go around to entrepreneurs and say markets are being disrupted, you need to change," he said during the Venture Forward Conference in New York on Tuesday. The new moniker, which he wouldn't disclose at the conference but plans to… -
Trucks Are Trendy (and Not Just for Food Anymore)
18 Jun 2013 | 10:36 amBusinesses in all kinds of industries are going mobile and bringing their goods directly to customers.Mobile may be the new thing for businesses, but there's an old way to put a twist on the concept. Pack your business onto a truck. Although food trucks now have a reality show, forgoing a permanent home for a business and taking it onto the road isn't a new concept. But it might be one your company should explore.Food trucks in their original incarnation--commissary trucks that brought coffee and bad food to locations like construction sites--have been around for many decades. So have trucks…
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China's Huawei Unveils the World's Slimmest Smartphone
18 Jun 2013 | 2:15 pmThe company reveals its flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, aiming to compete with Apple and Samsung. -
Fran Tarkenton on Winning As a Self-Taught Entrepreneur
18 Jun 2013 | 11:40 amThe football-pro and serial entrepreneur will speak in Washington, D.C., at National Small Business Week. Here he reflects on what he learned along his entrepreneurial journey. -
Tech Can Make Immortality a Reality, Says Head Google Engineer
18 Jun 2013 | 11:00 amRapidly evolving technology is making immortality more realistic, Google's engineering director told the Global Future 2045 World Conference. -
5 Ways to Use Twitter Beyond the Basics
18 Jun 2013 | 10:30 amThere's so much more to Twitter than tweeting out your latest new promotions or sales. Here are five key ways to energize your Twitter strategy on a budget. -
From Facebook to Foot Traffic: Building a Bakery's Social Network
18 Jun 2013 | 10:00 amGiveaways and user-submitted photos helped this Michigan cupcake shop increase its Facebook engagement.
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'Always Be Explaining': Your Sales Team's New Mantra
18 Jun 2013 | 2:52 pmThe one thing your sales team needs to improve? Explaining, says Lee LeFever, founder of Common Craft. Here's how.People rarely buy products they don't understand, so it's a salesman's job to explain them. But what if your explanation is so organic it's pointless?Perhaps you suffer from the curse of knowledge--knowing so much you explain things in ways no one grasps. Revisiting the basics of explaining can help, writes Lee LeFever, founder of Common Craft, in The Harvard Business Review. Here's an overview: Focus on why.Make sure your team knows exactly what your product or service does for… -
Web Tools to Blur Your Digital Footprint
18 Jun 2013 | 2:25 pmThe NSA isn't about to stop snooping on you anytime soon, but there are ways to throw them off your trail. Here are some tools to help you go private.Revelations of NSA surveillance have shaken the nation, but while many of us would love nothing more than to toss our phones out the window and avoid well-trafficked search engines like Yahoo and Google altogether, the government seems intent snopping on Americans whether they like it or not. Sometimes that's not a bad thing--but often it is. As blogger Sarah Downey writes, one of three things can happen when your data falls into a corporation's… -
NSA Surveillance: What to Know So Far
18 Jun 2013 | 2:23 pmFacebook is just one Internet giant that has released its NSA stats to reassure users. Here's a round-up of the others, and their numbers.Consumers haven't been able to look at Silicon Valley the same way ever since news broke of a long-running government program called PRISM. Of course, the nine Internet companies implicated in the leak aren't the only ones handing over customer data. Apparently thousands of companies do this, writes Inc. reporter Eric Markowitz. However as news continues trickling out, Internet giants feel pressed to step forward and disclose the total number of legal… -
11 Leadership Lessons From Jazz Musicians
18 Jun 2013 | 12:53 pmJazz musicians are agile and dynamic. They are gracious--but not shy. Here's what you can take from the stage to the board room.Some people would introduce me as a venture capitalist, since I run a venture firm in Detroit. Others might reference me as an entrepreneur, given that I've founded four technology companies. I guess these people wouldn't be wrong in their verbiage, but it's not an introduction I prefer.Instead, I'd rather be deemed a jazz musician. After decades of training, countless hours of practice, and a whole host of gigs nationwide, jazz is my passion--and its something that… -
5 Reasons to Take Corporate Capital
18 Jun 2013 | 12:41 pmStart-up VCs get all of the attention, but Fortune 500 companies might make better investors for your start-up.Venture capitalist Fred Wilson is not a fan of corporate capital; he said as much during one of Pandodaily's fireside chats in New York last week.Wilson was served a rebuttal on Tuesday, however, at Bloomberg's Next Big Thing Summit in Half Moon Bay, California. Panelists from four corporate investment firms sat down with Bloomberg reporter Douglas MacMillan to set the record straight. Corporate capital provides a few things traditional VCs can't offer, they said.Here are their five…
