May, 2009 - Archive

How to Work More Like a Start-Up
 |  May 31, 2009

Inc.com | by Darren Dahl | May 2009 The first thing you notice when you walk into the Chicago offices of Total Attorneys, which provides software and services to small law firms, is the number of people on their feet. Every morning, the company’s 180 employees gather around the office in groups of five to [...]

Rating Your Doctor
 |  May 28, 2009

Forbes | by David Whelan | May 25, 2009 Last April doctors told 70-year-old Roseanne Brennan that her mitral heart valve needed to be replaced. It’s a major operation, and she didn’t want to take any chances. So she researched six hospitals near her home in Williamsburg, Va. on a Web site called Health Grades. [...]

It Isn’t the Economy, Stupid
 |  May 25, 2009

Wendistry | by Wendi McGowan | May 2009 “Many companies that have gone bust didn’t die because of the recession. They failed for one reason: They treated customers poorly.” – Joel Spolsky It’s your brand culture…. the fact that you treat your customers poorly and you blame it on the “economic recession.” Take Circuit City, [...]

So Goes California, So Goes the Nation
 |  May 20, 2009

Breitbart – Big Hollywood | by James Hudnall | May 10, 2009 There’s an old saying that says, “So goes California goes the nation.” As the world’s eighth largest economy, and one of the world’s richest, California is in many respects a microcosm of the US. It has geographical and population diversity. It has major [...]

Google Searches for Staffing Answers
 |  May 19, 2009

The Wall Street Journal | by Scott Morrison | May 19, 2009 Concerned a brain drain could hurt its long-term ability to compete, Google Inc. is tackling the problem with its typical tool: an algorithm. The Internet search giant recently began crunching data from employee reviews and promotion and pay histories in a mathematical formula [...]

From Crisis to Creative Entrepreneurial Liberation
 |  May 6, 2009

Acton.org | by Anthony B. Bradley | May 6, 2009 Necessity is the mother of invention, said Plato, and the truth of the proverb has been borne out once again. Necessity is generating entrepreneurial energy amid America’s current economic crisis, according to a new study by the Kansas City-based Kaufman Foundation. The study reveals an [...]