Time Lapse: A 3D Paper Artwork | GeekNaut. Inside Megaupload's Megamind: Kim Dotcom's Playboy Bunnies, Russian Nuclear Vessels, And Private War On Terror. In the Wild, Wild West-era of digital media, there is no cowboy quite like Kim Dotcom. Part Sean Parker, part Kevin Mitnick, with a whiff of Notorious B.I.G., Dotcom embodies the most savage age of online piracy, having made a fortune on the edges of Internet freedom. Dotcom, the megamind behind Megaupload, was arrested yesterday in New Zealand, his panic-room door busted down by officials, who found the hacker clinging to a sawed-off shotgun.
Dotcom faces up to 55 years in prison if extradited to the U.S. and convicted on charges of racketeering, copyright infringement, and money laundering. The hacker-turned-multimillionaire businessman has been accused of costing the entertainment industry $500 million through pirated content uploaded to his popular file-sharing site, which boasted 180 million registered users and celebrity endorsements from Kanye West to Kim Kardashian. Dotcom has long been a controversial and flamboyant figure. During the race, his sports car hit 155 M.P.H.. Meme Proposal | Tim * Audrey. Pinterest / Home. Jim Collins - The 50 Most Influential Management Gurus. Stop Thinking Outside the Box - Dan Pallotta.
By Dan Pallotta | 10:37 AM November 7, 2011 The exhortation to think outside the box has become ubiquitous in business. So much so that it has become the new box inside of which everyone thinks. It pays lip service to the notion of transformation without really understanding the difference between transformation and change, and often without tolerance for the real thinking that must occur for an idea to be truly outside the existing paradigm. But worse than that, the advice is backwards. You cannot possibly think outside the box unless you understand the nature of the box that bounds your current thinking. You must come to know that nature deeply. There’s a Zen saying, “What you resist persists, and what you allow to be disappears.” In our work at my firm, Advertising for Humanity, we always start by trying to grasp the nature of the box within which we’re thinking. But our slogans in the first two years sucked: “The adventure of a lifetime.” So figure out the box you’re in.
Three Traps Facing New Global Leaders - Saj-nicole Joni. By Saj-nicole Joni | 2:11 PM November 7, 2011 The business news is full of stories about the fact that large corporations are expanding at breakneck speed outside the U.S. while the domestic economy stagnates. And the best and brightest employees are seeking opportunities to work overseas in order to accelerate their upward trajectory.
But for most rising executives, leading successfully in global markets is easier said than done. Recently, I spoke with Linda Sharkey, an author and expert in global leadership development and culture change, to chat with me about this issue. She described some of the common traps that new leaders working in overseas markets can fall into: The Mirror Trap.
The Superficiality Trap. Fortunately, Disney’s leaders appear to have learned from this experience. The “Avatar” Trap. Here are three things you should do as you develop your own capacity to lead from a global perspective: 1) Ask yourself: “How attuned am I personally to other cultures?” How about you? StickK − Change Starts Now.