Four stages of strategic grief
As companies watch customers migrate to their competitors, they typically go through four stages of strategic grief: Dismissal: "Those customers weren't that important to our »
Choose classes based on professors
If you view classes simply as a mechanism to learn a particular subject, then there's little difference between an in person course and a MOOC. While »
Laptop charger as an achilles heel
IT gives plenty of suggestions on preventing data loss due to computer crashes during exams, but this year my friends have suffered from a different problem: »
General athletes and position players
In the same way that coaches often need to choose between adding a new general athlete and an experienced position player to their roster, employers often »
Fight for undecideds
Some companies have started using political pollsters to map opportunities and to figure out who their undecided customers are and where to find them. Like in »
Resigning well
Most people will quit at least once during their career. So, it's important to think about how to resign in a way that minimizes your chance »
Applying the Moscow rules
It's hard to keep incentives aligned during negotiations. Building trust to find what your counter-parter really wants is delicate dance. You need to probe, but you »
Negotiating is about relationships
The best negotiators can find creative win-win situations. They're able to figure out what winning means to their counter-parties and are straight forward about what they're »
Dividend recapitalization
Dividend recapitalization is when a firm raises debt to pay dividends to its shareholders. This can dramatically change the risk profile of a firm by increasing »
Bitcoin and SMTP
There are a surprising number of similarities between Bitcoin and SMTP. Both protocols are intended to be decentralized and to transfer things - value and mail. »