by Tom | Jun 21, 2011 | Business, Reading
An AOL Content Slave Speaks Out. Ugh. Not a pleasant job or company. Reminds me of a sales team whose chair heights are adjusted based on their success, or not. Unbelievable.
by Tom | Jun 21, 2011 | Business, Science, Tech
Feedback Loops Are Changing What People Do is a remarkably dull title for an interesting article. It confirms that we can repeatably create 10% changes in behaviour using noticeable but unobtrusive prompts to induce feedback loops. Think of the “your...
by Tom | Jun 18, 2011 | Business, Personal
It’s all become clear now. Macao is suitably ridiculous: we walked around the grand canal in the Venetian this morning and avoided the temptations of high roller baccarat. Now beside the pool in a cabana with a fan and a TV?! Amazing but clear how this place...
by Tom | Jun 17, 2011 | Business, Reading
I’m not sure I needed the human colour of highly-paid executives weeping at injustice, but there are some interesting ideas in Behind corporate walls, the masters of the universe weep. We as workers can shift what work is for us. The suggested themes are good:...
by Tom | Jun 10, 2011 | Business, Tech
The Story of W&L carefully distinguishes the middle classes which can afford the internet and its related gadgets (smartphones, tablets) and the working classes which can afford a phone and paid applications for it. Very useful to bear in mind in many Asian and...
by Tom | Jun 9, 2011 | Business, Tech
Innovation Extravaganza. Lots of good stuff from trendwatching.com as always. My take outs: Isn’t it brilliant how many new products and services there are coming on to the market. They are mostly going to fail, of course, but great to see so many people try...
