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One day, inevitably, you’re going to need someone’s help at work. If you don’t have the authority to tell someone what to do – you aren’t their boss – then you’ll need them to want to help you. Here’s a few ways to accomplish that, without feeling smarmy in the least bit.
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Guidance to help you calibrate the issues to consider in the “Go/No-Go” decision process of canceling or killing a project. Read More

I'm across a story the other day about a trend where some restaurants are banning picture taking. I actually couldn't think of a more short-sighted reaction to social media. These folks are acting as your brand ambassadors and broadcasting your business to the world. Who wouldn't want that? And th Read More

IBM has been trying to commercialize Watson since its coming out party on Jeopardy a few years ago, and this year at South by Southwest they built an application that put the technology to delicious use. Read More

Clever uses of spreadsheets and ways spreadsheets are abused to solve process and collaboration problems.Spreadsheets are great – when you’re creating a spreadsheet. But, writes David Strom, software like Excel isn’t the right tool for a lot of tasks, and vast sins have been committed in the name o Read More

Interaction with users can help drive product decisions, but getting from conversations with users to tangible customer data can still be a big mystery. Here are three steps for getting from a casual, interview-esque conversation with a handful of target users to concrete survey results about the a Read More

When you're on center stage as the Russians are this week, it's essential to put your best forward, and let's face it, the Olympic hosts haven't done much to make friends and influence people with the world watching. Read More

Bruno Mars and Miley Cyrus know how to generate publicity, but the fact is with social media and a clever and creative team, you can generate some of your own buzz even without a record deal or highly paid publicity team. Read More

Apple, Google and Microsoft have been struggling for dominance for years, but they have reached the point where everyone wants a piece of their action. While they aren't in imminent danger of losing their position, they have a lot of upstarts nipping at their heels. As Cold Play once sang, "Revolut Read More

Many brands will spend tens of millions of dollars on Sunday night to deliver an ad most of us will forget about by the next day. Really smart companies don't want to preach to their users in expensive ads. They want to talk to them online in social media and get them engaged and excited about thei Read More