How do you influence others?
How can you gain influence in your various networks? Turns out there are six keys. Continue Reading
Fundamental Explainers
This is my blanket category for the site; it’s an attempt to explain a concept in a deeper way.
Americans leave 430 million vacation days on the table per year
Americans need to stop worrying about what taking a vacation means for their career and JUST DO IT, BABY. Continue Reading
So, the Seattle Seahawks could become a dynasty, right?
The Super Bowl was terrible last year — phrased another way, the Seahawks are really good. The last time any NFL team won back-to-back Super Bowls was 2003-2004 (the Patriots). Begs the question, obviously: can the Seahawks do that, and can they… Continue Reading
Humans and Neanderthals may have overlapped in Europe for 5,400 years
These numbers are way different than what we thought earlier, and speaks to the idea of interbreeding. Continue Reading
Marketing to 18 to 24 year-olds is challenging
This company called Fractl — whose motto is “Leverage the science behind great content” — did a study recently centering on “The Wheel of Emotions” and trying to determine what could go “viral” via age bracket and gender. A marketing VP/partner… Continue Reading
Home Depot just taught you something about the housing market
That video above is from a year ago, but the current Home Depot fiscal situation is seemingly a lot better — their second-quarter profit just climbed 14 percent and they’re trading at around $88/share now (that’s up!). Check out this chart… Continue Reading
In organizations, does decentralization generate experimentation?
Here’s interesting stuff from three economics / business guys — one from Stanford, one from Harvard and one from London School of Economics (the entire thing sounds like the beginning of a joke, right?) — about decentralized authority structures and… Continue Reading
There are more minorities than whites in U.S. public schools
Here’s a new report from NCES; it has a lot of data points on U.S. public school demographics between here and 2022, and this, summarized in Quartz, might be the most interesting: this fall, Hispanics + Asians + African-Americans + Native… Continue Reading