Don’t Recruit Next Generation Talent, Grow It
Dan Heath and Chip Heath explain why you should grow your next generation of talent, not recruit it.
Content: Article | Authors: Chip Heath, Dan Heath | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Human Resources
Made to Stick: Giving Presentations
Dan Heath speaks with Fast Company on how to avoid “that dreaded bullet-drenched PowerPoint that everybody hates”.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Dan Heath | Sources: Fast Company, OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Personal Development
Do Something: Let’s Hear It for the Little Guys
We glorify our leaders and praise our visionary entrepreneurs, but Nancy Lublin says we should focus on the followers — the people who get things done.
Content: Article | Author: Nancy Lublin | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Leadership, Management
Business Advice From Van Halen
Dan Heath and Chip Heath go to eighth grade, Google, and a Van Halen concert to find early-warning signals for big problems.
Content: Article | Authors: Chip Heath, Dan Heath | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management
Bruce Pandolfini
When I do talk with students, my goal is to help them develop what I consider to be two of the most important forms of intelligence: the ability to read other people, and the ability to understand oneself. Those are the two kinds of intelligence that you need to succeed at chess — and in life.
Content: Quotation | Author: Bruce Pandolfini | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Life, Skills, Success / Failure
Nancy Lublin
We’ve overdone this whole leadership/founder/entrepreneur thing. And we’re not spending nearly enough time crediting the folks who turn all that visionary stuff into tangible reality: the chief operating officers, the midlevel managers, the staffers. If the word didn’t have a pejorative tinge to it, I guess you’d call them followers.
We degrade the very idea of followers — lemmings! — yet the world needs people who … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Nancy Lublin | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Leadership
Nancy Lublin
The working world would be a happier place if more of us aspired to roles that were just right — if we valued job fit and performance at every level and stopped overemphasizing the very top.
Content: Quotation | Author: Nancy Lublin | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior
Switch: Don’t Solve Problems—Copy Success
Find a bright spot and clone it.
That’s the first step to fixing everything from addiction to corporate malaise to malnutrition. A problem may look hopelessly complex. But there’s a game plan that can yield movement on even the toughest issues. And it starts with locating a bright spot — a ray of hope.
Content: Article | Authors: Chip Heath, Dan Heath | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Change Management, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior
Stinking It Up: Lessons From a PR Failure
We had a big party, but got no buzz. Lessons from a PR failure.
Content: Article | Author: Nancy Lublin | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Public Relations
Why Your Gut Is More Ethical Than Your Brain
If you’ve ever been part of a discussion on ethics, in school or elsewhere, chances are you didn’t spend much time talking about your feelings. It’s believed that to live ethically, we must engage our reason, which reins in the whims and follies of emotion. Ethics, then, is heavy on Spock and light on Sally Struthers. But what if unethical behavior is actually spurred, rather … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Chip Heath, Dan Heath | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Ethics
The Gripping Statistic: How to Make Your Data Matter
We’re awash in data. Here’s how to make yours matter.
Content: Article | Authors: Chip Heath, Dan Heath | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Personal Development, Statistics
Dan Heath, Chip Heath
Our rational brain has a problem focus when it needs a solution focus. If you are a manager, ask yourself, What is the ratio of the time you spend solving problems versus scaling successes? We need to switch from archaeological problem solving to bright-spot evangelizing.
Content: Quotation | Authors: Chip Heath, Dan Heath | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Change Management, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Seth Godin
…the sad truth about marketing just about anything, whether it’s a product or a service, whether it’s marketed to consumers or corporations: Most people can’t buy your product. Either they don’t have the money, they don’t have the time, or they don’t want it.
Content: Quotation | Author: Seth Godin | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Marketing / Sales
Seth Godin
If you’re remarkable, then it’s likely that some people won’t like you. That’s part of the definition of remarkable. Nobody gets unanimous praise — ever. The best the timid can hope for is to be unnoticed. Criticism comes to those who stand out.
Content: Quotation | Author: Seth Godin | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Achievement
Residential Real Estate by the Numbers
The Business of Candy
A Taste of the Honey Business
Mobile Phone Handset Market
Why It May Be Wiser To Hire People Without Meeting Them
When the economy finally turns around, you’ll start hiring people again. You’ll sift through dozens of impressive-sounding résumés — who knew there were so many VPs in the world? — and bring in the standouts for the critical final stage: the interview. You’ll size them up, test the “culture fit,” and peer into their souls. Then you’ll make your decision. This is the Official Hiring … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Chip Heath, Dan Heath | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Human Resources
Three Secrets to Make a Message Go Viral
Viral marketing has become a hip, low-cost way to reach a lot of people very quickly — with little effort. But as marketers slash ad budgets, “viral” needs to mean more than “free” and “fueled by prayer.” Making an idea contagious isn’t a mysterious marketing art. It boils down to a couple of simple rules.
Content: Article | Authors: Chip Heath, Dan Heath | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Marketing / Sales