How to combat modern slavery

2 April, 2010 (10:00) | 2. Tues or Thurs | By: nileshbabu

How to expose the corrupt

1 April, 2010 (15:00) | 2. Tues or Thurs | By: nileshbabu

Some of the world’s most baffling social problems, says Peter Eigen, can be traced to systematic, pervasive government corruption, hand-in-glove with global companies. At TEDxBerlin, Eigen describes the thrilling counter-attack led by his organization Transparency International.
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Happy Employees

31 March, 2010 (11:00) | 1. Mon | By: nileshbabu

About 10 years ago I was having my annual holiday party, and my niece had come with her newly minted M.B.A. boyfriend. As he looked around the room, he noted that my employees seemed happy. I told him that I thought they were.

Then, figuring I would take his new degree for a test drive, I asked him how he thought I did that. “I’m sure you treat them well,” he replied.

“That’s half of it,” I said. “Do you know what the other half is?”

He didn’t have the answer, and neither have the many other people that I have told this story. So what is the answer? I fired the unhappy people. People usually laugh at this point. I wish I were kidding.

Brilliant!!

Facebook’s proposed Privacy Policy and what it means

30 March, 2010 (16:30) | 5. Sat or Sun | By: nileshbabu

As if LinkedIn’s new user agreement wasn’t enough, Facebook are planning (?) to update their Privacy Policy.

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LinkedIn’s revised user agreement

30 March, 2010 (16:00) | 5. Sat or Sun | By: nileshbabu

We’ve updated! On March 24, 2010, LinkedIn published revised versions of our Privacy Policy and our User Agreement. Your continued use of LinkedIn means you agree to these revised documents, so please take a few minutes to read and understand them.

Here’s what LinkedIn revised user agreement have to say.

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