Some teams are better at decision-making than others, and groups of smart people are just as capable of making bad decisions as groups of less smart people. But what drives those differences has been a mystery until the relatively recent
The video above is from my failed Indiegogo campaign for the Power 20 Method. That’s me working out in the snazzy blue outfit. I use my own products every day. I stick to the Power 20 Method’s low-sugar diet; I meditate
When American business people think about moving abroad for opportunity, they usually think about moving to Asia. That is, after all, where the action is. However, those cities that are most welcoming to English speakers are also sometimes the most
No. Americans don’t exercise enough, but even if we did, we’d still face the current obesity epidemic. We have been exercising for years, and we love creating new ways to exercise. We invented gyms, popularized marathons, created the at-home exercise
I was invited to spend 20 minutes on Huffington Post Live to discuss a wide range of topics related to staying fit at work. It was a lot of fun, and I was able to talk about Power 20 and
At some companies the phrase is said out loud, while at others it’s a fleeting thought in the founders’ minds. At the best early-stage companies, the phrase surfaces every few weeks, and at struggling ones, it arises every few hours.
Businesses live and die by the decisions they make each day, so management’s decision-making skills should be optimized. New research by Carnegie Mellon professor Anita Williams Woolley and her colleagues shows us that group intelligence is almost always superior to
Technology companies need money – sometimes lots of it – to get off the ground. Even though they hold no inventory and staff few people, their business models are capital inefficient for the first few years. Unlike the local coffee
I’ve been traveling in Asia for the past month and am spending most of my time in Hong Kong. While here, I’m working on my app, Power 20, and meeting entrepreneurs to learn about the tech scene. Below are some
Imagine if your coworkers could be as ecstatic about their work as Justin Bieber’s tween fans are about him… wouldn’t that be scary/awesome? There’s something about Justin Bieber that makes tween girls go nuts. They swoon over him privately and