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To Guide Difficult Conversations, Try Using Compassion

Kindness is rarely inappropriate.

Mobile Shopping’s Data Goldmine

Smartphones should be a retailer’s best friend.

Use Tension and Conflict to Create Breakthrough Products

Oppositional goals can actually increase creativity.

New York Incentive Program for Teachers Falls Flat

A rewards program for teachers may have been too complex to be effective.

Data is Worthless if You Don’t Communicate It

To be a better consumer of data, you also have to be able to tell people what it means.

The confrontation waiting to happen

It’s not between you and your boss, your critics, your editor, your competition, your spouse or some other outsider. The essential confrontation, of course, is with yourself. You are your own biggest critic. And your own biggest competitor. Now that…

 

Microsoft Blew It on the Price of Xbox One

The tech giant chose the wrong moment to sell at a 25% premium over the competition.

Don’t Let Paper Paradigms Drive Your Digital Strategy

The page is dead.

Reinvent Your Company Through Culture

A veteran CEO who turned around several pharmaceutical companies explains how managers can build high-performance cultures.

Becoming a Better Judge of People

Ten questions to help you understand the "why" and "how" behind a person.