The Beer Summit gone awry
(Via the always brilliant xkcd)
Sabbaticals by Sagmeister
Just back from TED Global, which was one of the few conferences I’ve attended that actually lived up to its billing. Even for a jaded dude like me, it was quite remarkable. Nearly all the talks were excellent. And Bunko winner Becky Blanton absolutely, totally, positively rocked the house in her 6 minutes of brilliance
Emotionally intelligent signage in a garage
Seen at the end of a seemingly interminable circular driveway at the Denver Convention Center.
Don’t mess with Bob
On Sunday afternoon, I spotted this sign in my neighborhood. It’s not exactly emotionally intelligent, but it is pretty funny. And it might actually work. Anybody remember the famous “Delaware is closed” episode on Candid Camera?
The Adventures of Becky Bunko
Last year, we held The Great Johnny Bunko Challenge – a groovy contest in which we asked readers to submit a seventh essential lesson for satisfying, productive careers (As you know, the book provides six such lessons. Please take a moment to recite them. I’ll wait.)The winner was Becky Blanton, whose entry — “Stay hungry”
Emotionally intelligent signage can save you money
Tanny McGregor of Cincinnati sends this example of emotionally intelligent signage that she saw on the streets of Aurora, Indiana.
Should stats trump calc?
Harvey Mudd College math professor, and self-proclaimed mathemagician, Arthur Benjamin thinks so. He explains his reasoning in this fairly convincing three-minute talk.P.S. Let the record show that I took calculus in college, got an A, used it a bit in microeconomics, and have rarely thought about it again. But nearly every day I encounter an
You ask. We deliver. Usually.
Several book groups — at companies, schools, and elsewhere — recently have asked if we have discussion guides for Bunko and AWNM.Now, just in time for your 4th of July barbecue, we do.We’ve put together a set of four 2-page discussion guides for both books. You can download them for free using the links below.
Money can’t buy you performance
As some of you know, I’m finishing up a book about the science of motivation. And each day, it seems, brings more evidence of how we’ve gotten this subject all wrong.The latest example comes from the London School of Economics, where scholars looked at 51 studies on pay-for-performance schemes: “We find that financial incentives may
Which animal are you?
One of the great things about a long project, like the book I’m finishing now, is not only the source of satisfaction at the end — but also what you learn about yourself and how you work along the way.What I’m discovering, or perhaps confirming, this time around is what kind of animal I am.To