Author name: Dan Pink

Another example of how an abundant society increases the aesthetic component of offerings in the marketplace: Latte Art. (HT: Danielle Bruno).

“A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner.” — From The Dip

PowerPoint is like the weather or Dancing With the Stars: Everybody complains about it, but nobody does anything. Enter Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein, two European ex-pat architects in Tokyo, who’ve come up with an elegant hack. Use 20 slides. No more, no less. Each slide must be on the screen for exactly 20 seconds.

Definition: “The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.” (Source: Rick Fulmer.)

(from the NY Times, 8/27/07)

You heard it here first: Pork feet is the new sushi. As the Japan Times reports, one enterprising chef is opening a restaurant in New York with a menu that features “40 different dishes incorporating shredded pork feet and a variety of ingredients. The dishes range from Korean-style casseroles to spaghetti carbonara.” Apparently it’s all

Ooops. I’ve been working hard and haven’t had time to post. Sorry. Here’s a quick round up of some interesting things: 1. Jane Von Bergen, one of the true stars of the workforce beat, has a great piece in Sunday’s Philadelphia Enquirer about the co-working trend and some 21st century Philadelphians’ version of Ben Franklin’s

1. Virtual marriage. Today’s Wall Street Journal tells the story of Ric Hoogestraat, whose marriage to a woman in Second Life is straining his relationship with his wife in real life. 2. We’re at war, Mike. The new Atlantic has a stinging piece by former George W. Bush speechwriter Matthew Scully that exposes the scheming,

“We need to prepare kids for their future, not our past.” — Dr. Richard Moniuszko, Deputy Superintendent, Fairfax County Public Schools