January 2012
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December 2011
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“Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad of...”
– David Mamet
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“Making yourself available 24/7 does not create peak performance,” says...”
– Bloomberg Businessweek
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“It’s as if we’ve all become characters in Graham Greene’s...”
– Bloomberg Businessweek
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“Immigrants founded or cofounded almost half of 50 top venture-backed companies...”
– Sarah McBride, “Immigrants Founded Half Of Top U.S. Start-Up Companies: Study”
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9 Things That Motivate Employees More Than Money →
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“The Justice Department on Friday blocked a new South Carolina law that would...”
– Charlie Savage, “Justice Dept. Cites Race in Halting Law Over Voter ID”
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“Volkswagen has agreed to stop its Blackberry servers sending emails to some of...”
– BBC
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“He was also an illegal immigrant. So when his younger brother volunteered to...”
– Nina Bernstein, “For Illegal Immigrant, Line Is Drawn at Transplant”
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“There are no exact guidelines. There are probably no guidelines at all.
The...”
– Václav Havel, Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. Former President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic, (1936-2011), Address upon receiving the Open Society Prize awarded by Central European University, 24 June 1999. (via amiquote)
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“Here are a few other facts: last year, the N.Y.P.D. recorded more than 600,000...”
– Nicholas K. Peart, “Why is the N.Y.P.D. After Me?”
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“I recently deactivated my Facebook account after trying it out for about two...”
– Scott R. Meyers, Letter to the editor re: “Like Facebook? Count Them Out.”
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“The most encouraging part of the story were the comments from young people who...”
– Timothy Egan, “Please Stop Sharing”
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“Jews do not cause anti-Semitism; blacks do not cause racism; gays do not cause...”
– Jeffery Goldberg, “What is the Cause of Prejudice?”
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I just spent some time reading the Florida Family Association’s rationale for opposing the “All-American Muslim” show and pressuring companies, including Lowe’s, to withdraw their advertising.
Every group has its extremists and fundamentalists, and the fact that the Florida Family Association called for a boycott—and that companies like Lowe’s acquiesced—...
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Uptown can be a downer →
Excellent piece, but I still love the UES.
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“…As utterly different as the Eastern bloc of 1957 and America of 2011 are,...”
– The Economist, “The Bureaucrat and the Human Condition: Bureaucracy in America”
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“As your commander in chief, and on behalf of a grateful nation, I’m proud to...”
– President Obama
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“I have a simple motto when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I love...”
– Thomas Friedman
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Not the least bit surprised to find that the top item on Forbes’ list of “Top Ten Reasons Why Large Companies Fail To Keep Their Best Talent” is:
Big Company Bureaucracy. This is probably the #1 reason we hear after the fact from disenchanted employees. However, it’s usually a reason that masks the real reason. No one likes rules that make no sense. But, when top talent is...
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“The other thing I realised is that I don’t need 600 friends. Nor 400. Nor...”
– From the comments on “The Facebook Resisters”
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I just read an excellent article in the Harvard Business Review arguing what has long been obvious to me: productivity is not equal to hours spent sitting in a chair.
It’s not just the number of hours we sit at a desk in that determines the value we generate. It’s the energy we bring to the hours we work. Human beings are designed to pulse rhythmically between spending and renewing...
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“But this new world of ubiquitous connections has a dark side. In my last post, I...”
– Daniel Gulati
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“According to numbers released last month by the Department of Commerce, a mere 4...”
– Susan Crawford