If the person who can cure diabetes came to you for money, if you were a VC you’d likely turn that person away. And, an inventor who could reduce global …
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Is Bias Fixable?
“As a brown woman, your chances of being seen and heard in the world are next to nothing,” he said. “For your ideas to be seen, they need to be …
Thin Ties to Companies, Thick Ties in Other Places?
An article in the NACD (national association of corporate director newsletter) pointed out that more companies are turning to temporary workers … “From Wal-Mart to General Motors to PepsiCo., companies …
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Why You Should Let a 5-Year Old Design Your Next Product
All his life, he hated brushing his teeth. Getting toothpaste onto a toothbrush can be messy if your fine motor skills are still developing. And, of course, even though you …
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Ecommerce Market Battleground Shift Because of Legislation
Yesterday, the US Senate passed the online sales tax bill by a 69-27 vote. The measure will shape the e-commerce space, certainly affecting Ebay, Amazon, Etsy and others. The bill …
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‘We need a new language for the collaborative age’
Just realized that I never shared with you an article that was commissioned for, and published in the March 2013 issue of Wired (physical) magazine. Language encodes our thinking. To …
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Watching HP Board Situation is Like Watching a Slow Bleed-Out
The New York Times Saturday quotes Patrick McGurn, special counsel for Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), who states that “shareholder efforts to remove directors in uncontested elections rarely succeed or come …
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Google@Authors Talk
The most simple truths have deep implications. Today, the average person has access to information that, 20 years ago, only the richest billionaire did. I remember when as an analyst …
The Economics of Generosity
One of the most powerful talks this last week at TED centers on adapting to a new era, the Social Era. Amanda Palmer has been a disruption in the music …
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