Browsing All posts tagged under »Business Stuff«

Predicting or creating the future

May 12, 2009

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Image via Wikipedia Can’t you do both? MBAs vs. Entrepreneurs: Who Has the Right Stuff for Tough Times? – Bill Taylor – HarvardBusiness.org “Causal reasoning is based on the logic, To the extent that we can predict the future, we can control it,” she writes. That’s why MBAs and big companies spend so much time on focus groups, [...]

Yes! Manhole Covers are Round because Sewers are Cylindrical!

April 20, 2009

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Image via Wikipedia I swear this was my answer the first time I heard the question: Round Manhole Covers, or: If Richard Feynman applied for a job at Microsoft :: hebig.org/blog Q: Why are manhole covers round? A: We have to look at what is under the cover to answer that question. The hole below the cover is round [...]

Link Distractions 01/27/2009

January 27, 2009

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Cover of Working from Home Geeks in Boston ยป Working from Home: Why It Sucks I don’t know how people work from home. I find it infinitely distracting and I agree with the author that the lack of real time, face to face feedback is down right depressing and demotivating. tags: geeks, work, hyper Posted from Diigo. The rest [...]