by Leroy Hurt | Jun 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: the world is a complex place and it’s only getting more so, which is why many management thinkers have been urging businesses to embrace complexity, to become, in effect, system thinkers rather than reductionists. As Richard Straub noted in a...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: Kagan’s work as a futurist led him to the idea for his startup, Quixey, a search engine for apps used by companies like Microsoft, Sprint, and Ask.com. Before we can use all these new apps, we’ll need to find them. Quixey is focused...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: High-level decision-makers are harder than ever to reach. If you are looking to develop strong connections to the most senior people in big companies, then consider NOT SELLING to them. Connect with them first. Bring them value on neutral...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Yahoo News: President Barack Obama says he wants 99 percent of American students connected to super-fast Internet within five years. He’s directing federal regulators to use an existing program to equip schools with broadband Internet. Obama says the rest of...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: We have what we call an “uncomfortable level of transparency” where we share information as if every employee was a [top] manager. Our wiki exposes things like cash balance, burn rate last month, valuations, impact on dilution,...
