Babson has developed some examples of business buzzword blending syndrome. Yikes. It would be scary if it wasn't so true. I keep waiting to hear someone use stratanalyphobia.
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If you believe the news that the human race will split, you could be an extreme innovator and start a social networking site for the trolls. That's totally web 4.0 or beyond, and could probably get VC funding. Although there…
Last night I ventured downtown to hear the band The Accountants play. The four band members all have day jobs, and two of them really are CPAs. They have original songs related to work like "Slacker," "Suck Up," and "Keepin'…
Thanks to Wayne for pointing out the Web 2.0 drinking game. It only covers a handful of Web 2.0 companies, so I'll add a few generic rules to the mix. Feel free to add your own in the comments.
Take a…
I don't read Inc magazine that often, but I do love this month's "What Next?" column on The Idiocy of Crowds. Author David Freeman makes some fantastic points.
As far back as 1972, in his now classic book, Victims of Groupthink,…
In yet another step down the path away from individual responsibility and assertiveness in the workplace, A Rutgers professor has said that you may be addicted to technology, and it may be your employer's fault. Of course, this being America…
This is another one of those new products that makes me wonder why someone thinks there is market demand for it. I cannot even imagine the conversation that led to one guy saying "you know what would be cool..." Read…
The Schaumburg Flyers, a minor league baseball team, will now be managed by the crowd.
The project, called "Fan Club: Reality Baseball" is the result of an alliance between production company LivePlanet, which will be responsible for the behind-the-scenes storytelling, and…
Today I am sitting on a panel for a digital media event put on by Chrysalis Ventures and the University of Louisville. I've been thinking about what to say because, honestly, I'm ambivalent about many of the issues we will…
I like humor in the workplace. Some people consider it unprofessional but I think it just makes the workplace more fun. Today I received a LinkedIn inviation from Curt, who I met through TBE. It read like this:
I'm too old…
Exactly. I can't say it any better, so I'll just pull some of my favorite quotes from Gomes.
Now, though, he said, users will be able to actively make their own new movie, or at least a short clip, by mixing…
If you think that title is total jibberish, then you you probably haven't kept up with the latest corporate buzzwords.
A new crop of buzzwords usually sprouts every three to five years, or about the same length of time many top…
It seems that the sole publicly traded strip club company had a due diligence ball for investment bankers and analysts recently. Most companies try to hide their inner workings, but sin businesses have always taken the opposite approach, in part…
When Pamela Anderson has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal (which she probably didn't write, but just attached her name to), it is a sign that the flagship business publication is losing something. I won't really cancel my subscription,…
(Un)interesting new research says that groups solve problems better than individuals.
Groups of three, four, or five perform better on complex problem solving than the best of an equivalent number of individuals, says a new study appearing in the April issue…
