Economists will give elevator dissertations on the power of incentives, and the classic book Freakonomics (and its excellent podcast) often go into following the incentive trail to understand a certain behavior/non-behavior. In a recent interview, Warren Buffett gave his his own take on the power of incentives, offering forth this example to emphasize his point: “I
Read More...I have a Bengal cat. I was told that Bengals are high energy and fun, the kind of pet that would negate what I always considered cats to be: lethargic, antisocial sociopaths of the domesticated pet world. Looking back, I was told all this by the same people who say clowns aren’t terrifying. It goes
Read More...It’s the middle of summer, and nothing says hamburgers quite like this time of the year. So, from 1967’s The Celebrity Cookbook comes this recipe for Dean Martin’s ‘Martin Burgers’: Bourbon and a TV tray. Nice touches. (Via kottke) ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.
Read More...Shot right here in Michigan in the city of Grand Rapids, Roger Ebert calls this ‘the greatest music video ever made’. That’s called starting your week right. (Via Daring Fireball) ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.
Read More...When I tell people I do web/social media marketing work, that basically I’m a full-on web nerd, they look at me funny. Like, “Oh, how long have you been unemployed?” funny. After we get past that initial awkwardness, they invariably ask two things: (1) Can social media help my business? And (2) What is your
Read More...I’m a principal consultant, and have been for many years. I do a lot of public speaking: at seminars, RUGs, PUGs, OUGs, client offices, you name it. I’ve learned a lesson or two about public speaking: some easy, some hard. Year after year, the fear of speaking in public or in front of a group
Read More...Here in the U.S., we’re coming off the 4th of July holiday weekend, and it’s really the perfect holiday: grilling, warm weather, beer, no gift-giving, no pressurized obligation to see your extended family unless you want to. Along the grilling lines, if you’re like me and you think there’s really nothing better than a perfectly
Read More...Oracle has begun to offer ‘Feature Packs’ between planned major releases to deliver new capabilities and value to customers. If you’re not aware of this (and you should be), here’s the information about the Oracle Feature Pack program. With the release of the PeopleSoft 9.1 Feature Pack in Spring 2011, Oracle now offers “significant new
Read More...“My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.” — Indira Gandhi So simple, yet so difficult. In fact, management and workplace guru Bob Sutton
Read More...Recently, Conan O’Brien gave the commencement address to Dartmouth’s 2011 graduating class. Way up in Internet fame already sit Steve Job’s classic address to Stanford, and David Foster Wallace’s speech to Kenyon College. Both of those are smart speeches, steeped in wisdom, bearing heartfelt reflections of difficult roads, personal letdowns and victories. This one…this one
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