Do you have one? Some folks are going to eight hours of meeting a day. At Ford, they used to have meetings to prepare for meetings, just to be sure everyone had their story straight.

Onze 21e-eeuwse economie, ons werkend leven, is doordrenkt van het wantrouwen. Eerst een handtekening! Niet voordat jij... Hoe ga je dat aanpakken? Ik denk dat we dat ons niet langer kunnen veroorloven. Bovendien: veel van dat wantrouwen is volstrekt overbodig én contraproductief.

If a checklist so simple can save so many lives, I thought the technique could surely help us do better as well. So after reading about this study and their checklist, I’ve been pushing us to create checklists for all the common procedures at 37signals.

I hate this moment in interviews when a potential employer asks how much I want. the range of what I could ask for in my industry is wide and the trade-rag statistics don't really help me either. so I usually go with what I think is fair. sometimes that's right-on but sometimes it's too much and sometimes it's too low.

Multitasking debunked on NPR: "People can't multitask very well, and when people say they can, they're deluding themselves," said neuroscientist Earl Miller. And, he said, "The brain is very good at deluding itself."

There’s no doubt about it, I’m in love with the cloud. Some people might not share my fascination with storage-in-the-cloud and compute-in-the-cloud models but I can’t wait to have the same computing experience regardless of the computer or device I’m using to connect to the Internet. I’ve taken it upon myself to change my workflow and digital lifestyle to get as much of my data online and make use of web-based tools until that utopian time comes. Here’s how I do it and you can do the same.

One of the best things any movie, book, or music can do is permanently change you. Tim Ferriss’ #1 bestselling book, The 4-Hour Workweek, changed my life.

"It was this latter concern that led Charles Kettering, director of General Motors Research, to write a 1929 magazine article called “Keep the Consumer Dissatisfied.” He wasn’t suggesting that manufacturers produce shoddy products. Along with many o

Treat employees like adults, write less, minimize your information intake, be confrontational in presentations, how to run a meeting, and more...

A walkthrough on the entire process of creating a strong resume, step by step.

Many people don’t feel motivated at work, and there’s a very simple explanation for this: The motivational techniques used by most managers don’t work.

"[.] if you’re reasonably intelligent, getting a job is one of the worst things you can do to support yourself. There are far better ways to make a living than selling yourself into indentured servitude."

"Hoe kunnen we de trots en daarmee de kwaliteit in ons werk terugkrijgen? Dat is de centrale vraag die de Stichting BeroepsEer de komende jaren op de maatschappelijke en politieke agenda wil krijgen."