Archive for tag: management
15 July, 2010 (16:07) | 1. Mon, 5. Sat or Sun | By: nileshbabu
Brainstorming in a group became popular in 1953 with the publication of a business book, Applied Imagination. But it’s been proven not to work since 1958, when Yale researchers found that the technique actually reduced a team’s creative output: the same number of people generate more and better ideas separately than together. Other techniques that [...]
Tags: brainstorming, creativity, culture, management, newsweek |
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, [...]
Tags: boss, employees, happy, management, nytimes |
10 February, 2010 (10:00) | 1. Mon | By: nileshbabu
photo credit: jakerome …when 877 members of USA TODAY’s CEO panel took an online personality color test, they were three times more likely to favor magenta than the public at large, three times less likely to select red, and 3½ times less likely to choose yellow. …the color test shows that the typical CEO is [...]
Tags: color, management, personality, test, usa today | View Comments
7 August, 2009 (11:01) | 9. Delicious | By: nileshbabu
10 random things to learn today:
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4 August, 2009 (13:00) | 9. Delicious | By: nileshbabu
10 random things to learn today:
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