On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. A classic cartoon, I know, but 
also a sad truth about a number of our interactions in cyberspace. In particular, I’m thinking about Facebook, and a number of other social media apps out there which do very little proactively to prevent the type of crap about which I wrote yesterday. Continue reading
Tag Archives: business thinking
Who Are You?
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The Rules
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You never know when you’re going to have an epiphany. The other day I was on a flight to Toronto which was unusual only in that it was only an hour late, not bad these days. As we were landing, the flight attendant reminded us that the use of cell phones while taxiing is prohibited in Canada, unlike the US where you can hear them fire up as soon as the wheels hit the tarmac. Unfortunately, most of the passengers must have thought we had landed in Cleveland since a lot of phones were turned on as we landed. And then the flight attendant spoke. Continue reading
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Reading The Manuel
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One never knows where one will find great lessons in business. As an example, there is a lovely piece in the New York Times this morning about Jerry Manuel, the manager of the New York Mets. In it, he talks about his management style and how he works with his team: Continue reading
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