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 Paris Climate Agreement aimed to avoid a “catastrophic” 2ºC increase in global temperatures. We have just a decade left to cut current carbon emissions by half, and unfortunately we are nowhere near achieving this goal. Here’s what happens if we
The most common challenge for a startup CEO is to stay focused. This is especially true in early days, before a company has found product-market fit, when the CEO expresses insecurities about their business with endless experimentation. More moving parts
Over the past 30 years, globalization transformed sleepy, agrarian economies like Malaysia, Bangladesh and Vietnam into specialized industrial economies, and in the process birthed powerful family-run conglomerates. Today these industrialists face multiple challenges: succession to the next generation, domestic and
The sales acronym ABC (Always Be Closing) was a mantra I lived by while selling napping chairs for MetroNaps and consulting services for Crowd Interactive (now MagmaLabs). Closing can take many forms but it’s defined by actions that lead to a
Hoping your next post is the content-equivalent of a unicorn? Content marketing may be the most efficient way to bring traffic to your site and to potentially convert visitors into customers, but… The first problem with content marketing – specifically,
The feeling of envy is rarely talked about, but is probably more common than ever. Maybe with good reason: the richest 1% own nearly half of all the world’s wealth. And at the same time, we have Facebook and Instagram to rub
I don’t know the science behind this. I don’t know if anyone else does this. But it always works for me. This isn’t medical advice so you should take the medicine and advice given by your doctor. This is a natural, no side-effect remedy you can try if you’re feeling a fever coming on.
Most American adults are overweight (69%) and on at least one prescription medicine (67%). Our lifespans may be getting longer, but our health spans are getting shorter. At the time of this writing I’m 39-years old and I’m happy to
This isn’t legal or accounting advice. Once upon a time the first step towards starting a business was to incorporate. In the US, that means calling the IRS to get an Employer Identification Number (EIN). With an EIN, entrepreneurs can