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The Climate Change Imperative [by Richard Edelman]
I went to the home of Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, last night for dinner. Sachs, a Harvard classmate (one of those people you identified at age 18 as having superior intellect), has taken a leadership role in the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a coalition of academics, business and non-governmental organizations.
How to Create a Better User Experience for Your Website
The age of digital marketing is now heading towards a better and advanced experience for the users. Having a positive user experience as one of your primary focuses could help you stand out among the rest of your competitors given that you’re able to satisfy the needs of your target audience, for websites, they are your visitors.
The Truth of Vladimir Putin: Will the “News” Ever Let You Know?
You woke up this morning, turned on the tube to catch the news, and it happened. The remote switched on, seeing that evil Vladimir Putin again, something else inside you switched too. “Can I really believe any of this?” Here’s some reasons why, you just can’t.
Innovation Lions Among Banking Sheep: Jarosław Augustyniak
Innovative concepts in banking and finance do not come around near as often as in other fields of business. However, a recent SABRE Award winner, Idea Bank, proves even traditionally conservative businesses can think outside the box.
PR in the Age of the Social Entrepreneur
We used to call them philanthropists or just “generally good people,” but Ronn Torossian said there is another name entering the common lexicon for successful businesspeople who become social activists – the “social entrepreneur.”
The Summer Job [by Richard Edelman]
Last night was the annual party for the interns at Edelman New York. As I do every year, I spend time with them, ask questions, listen, give advice when asked, avoid beer pong and other potentially hazardous activities and do my best to fit in.
Can gossip ruin your employee engagement?
There’s a major difference between speaking about someone and speaking to someone at work. When you are collaborating, sharing ideas, and welcoming feedback you are speaking to that person (manager, colleague, boss, supervisor, etc); when you are speaking about the people in the office, you are gossiping. Gossip leads to decreased productivity because instead of doing something fruitful, you’re being distracted. Can chitchat ruin employee engagement? Yes, it can.
Defend Your Reputation: Google Bows to European Data Protection Law
Google now has to remove search results related to your name, but only if you are European, and if those results are “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or excessive in relation to the purposes for which they were processed.” Google lost a battle with the European court, and has to comply with its “right to […]
How office furniture design leads to better business
If you run a business, you’re concerned with keeping your employees as focused, efficient, and productive as possible. The design of your office space can play a bigger in role in this than you may realize. Old design approaches had rows of cubicles, with workers all toiling away at their desks. When employees spend day after day in a maze of little cubicles, it’s easy to become demoralized. It also leads to wasting time looking for coworkers, trying to find a meeting room, or being distracted by the people chatting in the adjacent cubicle.
