Fewer women seem to be climbing the corporate ladder on Wall Street these days. Amy Siskind says it's time to get rid of bad managers with gender bias—it would only be good business.

...I want to discuss the possibility that we are living at the end of a great arc of history, which began with the invention of moveable type. There have, of course, been other transformative steps in communication during that half millennium – the invention of the telegraph, or radio and television, for instance – but essentially they were continuations of an idea of communication that involved one person speaking to many.

That's not dead as an idea. But what's happening today – the mass ability to communicate with each other, without having to go through a traditional intermediary – is truly transformative....

Peter Lennox keeps chickens, and they have taught him a great deal about behaviour, ethics, evolution and the psychopathic nature of modern 'efficiency'

The list of what works in other countries, but no longer does in the U.S., is growing.

On most Tuesday nights I volunteer with SnapImpact on making an iPhone app called iVolunteer (see the app on the lower right corner of this blog) to help you find local volunteer opportunities. More than 50 people have contributed in some way to this project. One thing I love is that our ages range from early 20’s to late 60’s which reflect very different perceptions.

I was in the London underground yesterday returning from a wonderful planning meeting at Trafalgar Square. I love the London underground because it has clean, cushy seats that face each other. In New York City, we have hard fiberglass seats, maybe that's what Frank Sanatra was talking about...Anyways, so I'm in the "tube" as they call it here. And across from me, there's this kid with his dad.

The Amish have the undeserved reputation of being luddites, of people who refuse to employ new technology. It's well known the strictest of them don't use electricity, or automobiles, but rather farm with manual tools and ride in a horse and buggy. In any debate about the merits of embracing new technology, the Amish stand out as offering an honorable alternative of refusal. Yet Amish lives are anything but anti-technological. In fact on my several visits with them, I have found them to be ingenious hackers and tinkers, the ultimate makers and do-it-yourselfers and surprisingly pro technology.

The goal of this article is to review various cultural differences likely to appear in the work setting and explore their implications for virtual collocation of software development teams. We begin with a definition of culture and various dimensions of cultural difference that have emerged. Then we examine two cases: (1) one in which the team members are collocated; and (2) one involving the team in virtual collocation. From this analysis we draw some practical implications.

The magnitude of the current bust seems almost unfathomable—and it was unfathomable, to even the most sophisticated financial professionals, until the moment the bubble popped. How could this happen? And what's to stop it from happening again? A former Wall Street insider explains how the financial industry got it so badly wrong, why it always will—and why all of us are to blame.

The article ... discusses the PRIDE model: P - Provide a positive environment; R - Recognize, reinforce and reward individual efforts; I - Involve and engage everyone; D - Develop the potential of your workforce; E - Evaluate and hold managers accountable

"In starting a new job, I’m learning a new culture. As a result, these days I’m thinking about how to do that..."

"People like it when companies have personalities. It makes us feel like there are actual people on the other side of the communication. It’s fun to be the customer of a company with a personality..."

"The four key principles are prediction, understanding, control, and compassion and are described as follows..."

"For over a year, Brains on Fire has been helping Fiskars, the scissors company, design a brand ambassador program called the Fiskateers. Last weekend I crashed their Fiskateers Roundup in San Antonio and witnessed the movement firsthand..."

...Leaders need to think hard about their viral impact on their organization. What kind of infectious agent do you want to be? Infectious like humor or infectious like the plague?...

"The rules for verbal exchanges are surprisingly enduring..."

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It took 100K surveys to find these "Management practices that work" -

Knowing when enough is enough is a precious skill

Why do we persist in trying to turn ourselves (and other people) into what we and they plainly are not?

Most founders think about complementing technical or business skills when they build their intial team. Fewer think about the emotional components required to marshal the operation to success.

ENTJs are naturally outgoing and love the company of other people, particulalry minions, henchmen, slaves, and the others they rule with ruthless efficiency.

What's on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe? Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet

Marissa Mayer - VP, Search Products and User Experience, Google

the following list contains useful generalized information about ways that one might breach social expectations in various countries.

In a recent interview on the Today Show, Mark Zuckerberg — the young founder of Facebook — observed that the single most distinctive feature of his revolutionary social networking site was its capacity to let users control various degrees of privacy.... Turns out, the very perception of what is public versus what is private is a fundamentally generational conceit. It is also, as it happens, a visual one....

"Every successful startup that I have seen has someone within their ranks that just kinda “does stuff.” No one really knows specifically what they do, but its vital to the success of the startup...."

"Being a designer in an environment where most people adhere to a strict path of logic can be challenging. There are few logic-centric people who understand the value design has to a product or service. Instead of beating your head against your desk, do something to get the company on common ground."