7.6 tons of cocaine was seized in Peru recently. That’s somewhat important.
It’s not important in the context of “stopping the drug trade” — that’s not actually going to happen — but it is important in terms of this:
World Issues
Where can you get the cheapest flight from?
We have some science behind when you should book travel to get the best discounts, and now we have a little bit of science around where you should fly from. Of course, the latter is a little bit restrictive, as people tend to fly… Continue Reading
Should Human Resources optimize the talent or the organization?
There is possibly no more discussed topic in the Human Resources world than “getting a seat at the table” or “becoming a strategic business partner,” (can be said in other ways as well) which essentially means “being thought to add… Continue Reading
Why meetings are awful
Most gatherings of business teams are utterly devoid of proper context. Here’s why. Continue Reading
How old and experienced is an average CEO?
In the fall of 2012, I had a semi-interesting conversation with a kid I was going to graduate school with. At the time, I think I was 31; the other person in question was 24. We were both males. The… Continue Reading
55 percent of employees are eating during conference calls (and more fun stats)
One of my least-favorite expressions in the cubicle world is “hop on a call.” Anyone that’s been on a series of conference calls knows that they’re pretty off-task affairs, in general: it’s highly probable that over 60 percent of the people… Continue Reading
People really love to deify the internal culture of tech companies
Everyone seems to want to work in Silicon Valley (to some extent). 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