The 9 Worst Mission Statements of All Time
BY Minda Zetlin, inc.comIf your mission statement contains no typos, mentions what your company does, and doesn’t go on for a whole page, you’re already doing better than these major brands.
A mission statement can be a forceful way to motivate yourself and your t…
Performance Reviews Don’t Have To Be Absolutely Awful
BY DRAKE BAER, fastcompany.comAs the end of the year approaches, so do annual performance evaluations. But the process doesn’t have to be painful and counterproductive. Here are your problems solved.
The (often dreaded) annual performance review is an inescapable part of…
People in New York are living in RVs to get around astronomical rents
slaskow, grist.orgIn New York City, car owners complain all the time about parking. (Like, bike lanes are making for less of it, boo hoo!) And while there is a fair bit of competition for these public and often free resources, it can’t be that bad, because there ar…
The jobs of the future belong to data scientists and user experience designers
Stacey Higginbotham, gigaom.comGE and design may not seem to go together, but as it connects its industrial products, medical devices and home appliances to the internet and rethinks its business for the connected age, the company is focusing on user interfaces a…
What I’ve Learned About Creating Meaningful Work
Paul Jarvis, thenextweb.comPaul Jarvis is a Web designer and author. His latest book, Everything I Know, is now available.
Working for yourself is scary stuff.
When you work for someone else, it’s easy to blame failings or frustrations on the boss, the…
I Rented Apartments Just to Rent on Airbnb for Profit
Marshall Haas, thenextweb.comI rented apartments to rent on Airbnb for profit. Here’s how it turned out
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Everyone In The World Hates Their Jobs—But Americans Hate Theirs The Most
fastcoexist.comA survey asked people if they were happy to go to work in the morning. The answer was a rather emphatic “no.” What are we going to do about this global case of the Mondays?
We suppose this survey of 8,000 workers across the United States,…
Here are the top 5 cities for computer science jobs
Christina Farr, venturebeat.comTickets On Sale Now
If you’re fortunate enough to posess a computer science degree, or have picked up coding skills on your own time, you have the option to live and work virtually anywhere in the world.
But in certain cities, tech…
Target’s Brightspot mobile service launches Sunday, starts at $35 per month
Zachary Lutz, engadget.comEver tenacious retailer Target is once again nipping at Walmart’s heels. Following the introduction of its Target Ticket video-on-demand service — a direct competitor to Vudu — the big box chain is now looking to get into the…
Reimagining Work: Scott Berkun’s Year Without Pants at Automattic
Wade Roush, xconomy.comWade RoushFrom my desk at Xconomy San Francisco—aka my Potrero Hill apartment—I can look out the window at Highway 280, watch the traffic that crawls into the city every morning and back out every evening, and chuckle smugly. There’s never …
The Pharma Bureaucracy Index: Who’s Nimble, and Who’s Sloooowww?
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the respondents that their answers would remain anonymous, but that I’d used their scores to put together a composite index of pharma bureaucracy. By the end of business on Thurs …
The Surprising Identity of Each Social Network
Cooper Smith, inc.comEach social media platform has cultivated a unique identity thanks to the demographics of the people who participate in the network. Some platforms are preferred by young adults, who are most active in the evening, others by…
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