Category: Information Visualization

  • Green peace compels Mango, Esprit to clean up their supply chains

    Mango, Esprit Pledge to Eliminate Toxic Chemicals From Supply Chains by 2020, Thanks to Greenpeace Campaign ecouterre.com Green­peace’s “Detox” cam­paign is hav­ing a ban­ner month. Not only did the envi­ron­men­tal non­prof­it con­vince Zara, the world’s No. 1 appar­el retail­er, to com­mit to elim­i­nat­ing haz­ardous chem­i­cals from its sup­ply chain by 2020, but… http://flip.it/L9zUA Related articles…

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  • Soda stream disrupts beverage industry waste

    SodaStream’s Banned Ad Helps Home Carbonation Company Hit It Big Rachel Tepper, huffingtonpost.com An ad for SodaS­tream, a home car­bon­a­tion prod­uct, has been mak­ing the rounds world­wide. In it, bot­tles of soda seem to com­bust spon­ta­neous­ly every time some­one uses the SodaS­tream else­where in the world. The take­away: why pay for… http://flip.it/BgTFD Related articles 3…

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  • HomeAway Co-Founder: Why I Hire Failures

    Jessica Stillman, inc.com START IT UP An epic fail early in his career taught HomeAway co-founder Brian Sharples that it’s a good idea to hire folks who have a healthy familiarity with failure. You think you’ve had bad days? Home­Away co-founder Brian Sharples once l… http://flpbd.it/vdiDV HomeAway Co-Founder: Why I Hire Failures Related articles HomeAway…

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  • Harvard design iPad book will never go out of date

    An iPad Guide To Building The Perfect Sustainable City By Kyle VanHemert, fastcodesign.com “Ecological Urbanism,” a book of essays published by the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2010, was destined to fall out of date. The iPad version won’t have that problem. In 2010, Har­vard’s Grad­u­ate School of Design pub­lished… RT @FastCompany: Via @FastCoDesign,…

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  • Why I Never Post Job Openings

    Eric V. Holtzclaw, inc.com LEAN FORWARD Instead, I give candidates permission to stalk me. They should find out what I’m up to, track me down, introduce themselves, let me get to know them. It works. Peo­ple often ask me how to get a job at my com­pa­ny, User Insight. T… http://flpbd.it/JhhGm Why I Never Post…

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  • How to make capitalism work for people and the planet

    10 Steps To Transform Capitalism For The Better BY JOHN ELKINGTON AND CHARMIAN LOVE, fastcoexist.com Our economic system could better serve people and the planet. These are the small pivots we can take to make it more equitable. Editor’s Note In this series of five sto­ries, Volans will high­light key pre­sen­ta­tions from the Break­through… RT…

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  • Management consultants must become anthropologists to get real data

    Why Management Consultants Need To Make Apps, Take “Rep Rides,” And Study High-Selling Hair Farmers By David Zax, fastcompany.com To create real value, Bluewolf consultants shadow their clients’ representatives in the field. The results often involve mobile apps streamlining their work. The man­age­ment con­sult­ing indus­try has been much maligned in recent years. The… RT @FastCompany:…

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  • Tim Ferriss disrupts book publishing with bit torrent

    Is BitTorrent The Future Of Book Publishing? Tim Ferriss Is Banking On It John Paul Titlow, readwrite.com If you walk into your local Barnes & Noble look­ing for a copy of Tim­o­thy Fer­riss’s new book, good luck. Even though he’s a New York Times best sell­ing author, the giant book retail­er refus­es to sell The…

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