The Brand Bubble: How Business Speculation in the Consumer Marketplace Threatens Our Economy
By John Gerzema

Published Nov. 6, 2008 12:42 a.m. - Today’s housing bubble and the tech stock bubble from the last decade reveal a widening gap between market speculation and how typical Americans value things. If you thought those bubbles were bad, get ready for another, even bigger one on the horizon that represents over $4 trillion dollar ...
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The Positive Business Manifesto
By Jon Gordon

Published Nov. 6, 2008 12:28 a.m. - You would have to live on another planet not to notice the plethora of business books and articles discussing the importance of developing a positive organizational culture at work. The research is clear. Positive leaders, positive work environments, and positive engaged employees produce positive results. However, if building a positive business is so i ...
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Redeeming Sisyphus: Get Out of Control! Get More Done!
By I. Barry Goldberg

Published Nov. 6, 2008 12:05 a.m. - Walk into any company large or small and you will see employees who are suffering. These talented people hired for their breadth, imagination and initiative are not producing to their full potential. When they leave (and they do leave), their exit interviews most often cite an over controlling boss as the main reason for their d ...
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Workplace 2.0: Motivating and Managing Millennials
By Ron Bronson

Published Nov. 5, 2008 11:53 p.m. - Welcome to the 21st century. What motivates young people isn't the promise of a distant retirement check thirty or forty years after they've given all they have to a company that doesn't let them have a piece of the pie. The first thing you need to keep in mind is the fundamental idea of ownership. You don't have to give up stock ...
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Open Innovation: Your On-Ramp to Creating a Better Product
By Dwayne Spradlin

Published Nov. 5, 2008 11:01 p.m. - For most companies the process of creating new, innovative products and getting them out the door starts with tapping the most talented members of the R&D team. Once they have arrived at an idea and decided it is feasible, R&D moves to determining the most effective way to develop it and bring it to market. It sounds logical; ...
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