A Better Course

Bob Sutton: Good to Great: More Evidence That "Most Claims of Magic are Testimony to Hubris" as I struggle to identify evidence-based practices –and practices that seem promising, cool, or have been used to good effect in a few places — that help managers and others do their work more effectively, to achieve what might […]

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I Believe in Advertising | Advertising Blog & Community | Goldstar Beer: Flow chart It is so rare that I am offended by adverts – even Yorkie's "Not For Girls" didn't pull my chain as much as maybe it should have done – but this is genuinely repellent. (tags: advertising ibelieveinadvertising flowchart offensive sexist goldstarbeer […]

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GameSetWatch – COLUMN: Bell, Game, and Candle – 'The Top Fifty Press Release Quotes Of 2008' “This is the first time Pitchfork Media has partnered with a videogame publisher, which is exciting since we share the same dedicated passion for highlighting new artists and being involved in independent music.” — There is more where this […]

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How Bernard Madoff did it | Con of the century | The Economist "Some clients reportedly suspected that Mr Madoff was engaged in wrongdoing, but not the sort that would endanger their money. They thought he might be trading illegally for their benefit on information gleaned by his marketmaking arm." (tags: bernardmadoff theeconomist finance scam […]

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I Believe in Advertising | Advertising Blog & Community | Only selected advertising » Pedigree: Beware of the dog "He's about to explode" (tags: dog pedigree ibelieveinadvertising advertising funny ) swissmiss: love-growth-cash triangle There’s a certain joy that comes from doing what you love, getting compensated for it and constantly learning new things in the […]

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Green Guru Gone Wrong: William McDonough Nike told McDonough the time had come to share the details with its thousands of vendors. To the company's shock, McDonough responded that he owned the list — it was proprietary. "He wanted to charge us for every supplier we rolled it out to. We didn't own it after […]

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The Screens Issue – If You Liked This, Sure to Love That – Winning the Netflix Prize – NYTimes.com Customers pay a flat monthly rate, generally $16.99 (although cheaper plans are available), to check out as many movies as they want. The problem with this business model is that new members often have a couple […]

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potlatch: Westfield attacks Tower Bridge Why have they replaced Tower Bridge with some leather boots, belts and bling chains? No, honestly, why? Perhaps even their advertising drones were struggling to capture the full gaudy scale of Westfield, recognising that there is no neat or simple way of conveying quite what the place is all about. […]

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Mmm, Chocolate Pie… Chart | FlowingData "Mary and Matt kick it up a notch with some design and 5.5 ounces of chocolate. It's a chocolate pie chart of 70% milk chocolate, 20% dark, and 10% white." Christmas is coming, all! (tags: chart stats statistics visualization chocolate flowingdata ) Big Contrarian → You’ve missed your chance. […]

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Bob Sutton: A Compilation of Euphemisms for Layoffs although the language is obfuscated, he is implying that the people he is letting go are the weaker ones, even though many of Tesla's problems clearly stem from errors made by senior management (including Musk) and from the the economic environment. (tags: bobsutton leadership layoffs management tesla […]

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