Management

Read Part 1 of my interview with Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson, authors of Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It. Check out the reader comments, too. They’re interesting. PINK: You’ve done a great job of anticipating these “Yeah, buts” — and even have a whole chapter telling people how to respond. Let me […]

One of my favorite reads this summer is business book with a salty title: Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson. The book is a manifesto and road map for what the authors call a Results-Only Work Environment, in which people show up to the office when they […]

Here’s an interesting Charlie Rose interview with Bob Lutz — General Motors’ head of product development and Detroit’s preeminent right-brain thinker.Watch this and learn why Lutz (who’s weirdly skeptical about global warming) is pumped about the Chevy Volt; why design belongs at “the head of the queue, not at the back end”; and why the new Corvette is […]

John Jantsch began by writing a great blog about marketing.  The blog led to a book.  And the book led to a new piece of software. A very innovative and intriguing progression — and one I suspect we’ll be seeing more of in the future. 

Being a truly exciting guy, I’ve spent the last couple of days reading Robert Shiller’s The Subprime Solution: How Today’s Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It. It’s not exactly a page-turner. But it’s an interesting book.Take bailouts. I have a deep and abiding distrust of them. In fact, I happen to live […]

Like most of you, I care deeply about my personal productivity. And like many of you, I’m always disappointed on that dimension of my life.One of my problems, verified by data from Rescue Time, is that I’m spending too much time on email, especially during the morning hours when I’m most productive.So this week, I’m trying […]

The Census Bureau reported today that in 2006 the U.S. had more than 20.7 million “non-employer businesses” — that is, businesses without paid employees. These small enterprises earned revenue totaling nearly $1 trillion. 

If statisticians could fashion an on-base percentage for business gurus, Seth Godin would be Ted Williams. Nobody has a better rate of success in getting smart ideas in play.One of my favorite bits of Godin guidance is to “remarkablize” even the most mundane aspects of your business — a great example of which arrived in the mail yesterday.I subscribe […]

(cross-posted from JohnnyBunko.com)The older I get, the more I realize how stupid it is to be, try to be, or think you are the smartest person in the room. Now comes a bit of empirical proof.Here’s a short audio op-ed from social psychologist Robert Cialdini, co-author of the outstanding new book Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to […]

Entrepreneur is out with its annual Hot 100 — the magazine’s list of the fastest-growing businesses in America.   Who’s #1 this year?  It’s Simply Self Storage.