My friend and radio show co-host Lindsey Pollak has a brand new blog over at Fast Company.  Her first, post, 5 Ways to Take More Control of Your Career, comes at a perfect time as we all sit in shock over the demise of long-established, powerful financial institutions Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch.    Many people who would ...

Can you imagine a workplace with no pointless meetings, no boss hovering over your shoulder, and no punishment for arriving at 9:05AM?  Two online friends of mine, Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson, have just released a new book based on their popular Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) concept, which they pioneered with electronics giant ...

Touche, Scot Herrick.  Over at Cube Rules, Scot suggests that innovation may be overrated, and that innovation means very little without the ability to execute on great ideas.   Innovation is important, says Scot, because we all need to be adapting to the changing business environment.  But too often, we see innovations as meaning ...

My colleague Steve Rubel participated in a teleconference for PR professionals hosted by the Public Relations Society of America. During the session, the moderator, Peter Himler, asked him what three essential sites or tools that professionals should be using as they go out and navigate this crazy new media landscape.   Steve says that his ...

A wonderful post from Heather Mundell at lifeatwork cites a recent article by Creating Passionate Users’ author Kathy Sierra, and I can tell you that from my perspective, this one really hit a nerve.  In the piece, Knocking the Exuberance Out of Employees, Sierra says that most companies say they want to hire bold, smart, creative, and ...