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What Do You Want, An Olympics Medal?

A Kick in the Career: In this week's column, humorist and career expert Tom Stern writes about business competition, teamwork, and the basic human need for acknowledgment.

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Meet the Law Firm That Acts Like a Startup

Startup attitude can shake up a stodgy industry. Just ask the fastest law firm in the country.

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Question: How will social networking and blogging converge over the next year?

Answer: First, the current blogging platforms must become drastically easier to use if social networking and blogging are to converge successfully. Even... | posted by Krista Summitt

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Question: If a technology needs extensive PR to be successful, does this imply that it's fundamentally just not that good?

Answer: I think the question is flawed because it assumes that extensive PR guarantees success. PR is only one factor, and in most cases, a pitifully small... | posted by Rich Pasenow

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Ten Strategies for Developing the Art of Leadership

Many people are born leaders, yet the ability to lead is actually an art and an amazing collection of skills which can be learned and sharpened....

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Five Reasons Why Now Is The Time To Buy A Home

Special occasions occur in life at various times, and when they are acted upon in a timely manner, they can change our destiny. I believe now is...

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Leading Ideas: Reopen Your Heart

Browsing through some photographs at...

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Surviving the WorkQuake(c)

Introduction Are you shocked and awed by the rapidity and complexity of the ongoing changes in the Rules of Work? Are you still...

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Kanye West and His Absolut Image

On the train ride home last night, there was an ad for "BeKanye" -- a miracle drug to turn YOU into Kanye West! It was a fun poster,...

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BlackBerry Kickstart Details Leaked

While spy shots and info about the BlackBerry Kickstart have been leaking out of RIM [NASDAQ:RIMM] for a while, this week online retailer...

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Big Idea: “The horizon line for when a newspaper on the street is serving as a kind of brochure of a rich online product does not seem far

Comment: The wonderful thing about the Internet is its vastness. No one person or group can stop another person or group from either assembling a story or... | posted by member Carel Two-Eagle

Big Idea: Design -- more than quality, technology or top-down strategy –- is the one factor that can make long-term profits for a company.

Comment: Design may provide an immediate attractiveness, which is beneficial given the quantity of competing messages but true sustainability (and... | posted by member Lori Williams