Quotes to Inspire You to Become a Better Leader | Erfien's Blog
25 Quotes to Inspire You to Become a Better Leader Dave KerpenMarch 18, 2013 Great quotes inspire us to change, to grow, and to become our best selves. I researched thousands of quotes from successful leaders for my last book, to capture one for each chapter, covering 11 simple concepts to become a better leader. My recent LinkedIn post explaining the 11 concepts became the 2nd most read article in LinkedIn history (at 1.3 million views!) Listening 1) “When people talk, listen completely. 2) “The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. Storytelling 3) “Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.” 4) “If you tell me, it’s an essay. Authenticity 5) “I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become. 6) “Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet – thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing – consistently. Transparency Team Playing Responsiveness Adaptability Passion
Marian Salzman on consumer fatigue and the rise of the daddy blogger
February 27, 2013 by Megan Haynes It’s a bright and sunny morning Tuesday at the Toronto Gardiner Museum. A Wii station is set up to entertain the press, while eggs in a hollandaise sauce and freshly squeezed orange juice is being served. The focus is on health and wellness at the launch of Winnepeg-based The Winning Combination’s Vitamints, and to fete the event, the company brought in renowned trend spotter Marian Salzman, president of Havas PR North America, to chat up the audience about the product, and what she sees as the biggest trends in 2013 and beyond. Connecticut-based Salzman successfully predicted the food-transparency craze in 1995, saw the influence of bloggers in 2004 and coined the term “metrosexual.” For the marketing and media world Salzman has some more pointed predictions. In media, while people will continue to consume content, “the question will be what screen it will be on,” she says. Videography by Jennifer Horn Tags: Marian Salzman, topspot, Trends
Example: Shop For Groceries On Train Platforms From Virtual Grocery Displays [My Ideal City]
We’ve noticed a number of retailers experimenting with virtual display formats over the last 18 months. These types of stores allow for almost any environment to be easily transformed into retail space, with very low startup costs and space requirements. By utilizing simple technology, transitional urban spaces such as subway and train platforms can be repurposed for entirely new uses. One example of these types of solutions, falling within the larger context of the Elastic Environments trend, is online grocery service Peapod, which has erected virtual grocery shelves on subway and commuter train platforms in Philadelphia, inviting commuters with smartphones to complete their grocery shopping while waiting for the next train. In another example, PayPal is trialling a new mobile shopping initiative that allows customers to point and purchase using QR codes. Q. Submit your answer now at the MyIdealCity site - or tweet your suggestion using #MyIdealCity and #Maximizedspace
World tour for free: 22 Google Street View destinations
WHOA, this week you have the least money in your bank account that you’ve ever had. You can literally only afford three things at the 99¢ Store. That trip you’d been thinking about is so far down the horizon, you can barely make it out. Google Street View is like a momentary free vacation (if you go full screen). Antarctica Antarctica - See those tuxedoed birds up close. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Great Barrier Reef - The sea turtles are everywhere, and you can still breathe oxygen. Fukushima, Japan Fukushima - Discover the post-nuclear-meltdown abandoned towns in northern Japan while avoiding radiation. Grand Canyon, Arizona Grand Canyon - This Street View experience is a lot less intense than hiking to the bottom of the canyon IRL. Mt. Mt. Park City Resort, Utah Park City Resort - Great choice if you want to see what the slopes look like, but have never learned to ski. Tulum, Mexico Tulum - Visit the sunny Mayan Ruins, without the sunburn. Mt. Kennedy Space Center, Florida Nunavut, Canada Mt.
Would you make your DNA and health data public if it may help cure disease?
Jill Davies is Canuck One. The 39-year-old Toronto professional is the brave or, perhaps, foolhardy Canadian volunteer who will be first to go public this week in a project that will reveal the coded secrets hidden in her genome, the six billion chemical units of her DNA. They may include not only her susceptibility to diseases such as cancer but the levels of her propensities to alcoholism, depression or obesity, or even personality traits such as risk-taking. She will also provide the personal context required to make sense of the biological data – her age, height, weight; medical records; details about how she lives, works and plays; and even her photo if she’s game. This information – everything but her name and address – will be placed on an online database that will be open and available to anyone in the world. Ms. Is she out of her mind? Ms. It is a deliberate effort to jump-start what has proved to be the stalled genetic revolution. Ms.
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RETAIL RENAISSANCE
English not your preferred language? Read this Trend Briefing in: Français 中文 Nederlands Türkçe Español Português Deutsch 한국어 September 2011 | No matter what consumer-driven industry you’re in, the latest developments in retail and shopping need to be on your radar. While traditional retail is facing serious and sometimes deserved challenges (Bland chains! RETAIL RENAISSANCE | Smart retailers are defying doom and gloom scenarios, as they realize that shopping in the real world will forever satisfy consumers’ deep rooted needs for human contact, for instant gratification, for the promise of (shared) experiences, for telling stories. Here are just four drivers behind RETAIL RENAISSANCE (there are many more, but we think you’ll get the point): OFF=ON: How the benefits of shopping online can now be had offline by consumers too. Extreme? 8 out of 10 consumers research purchases online. *Yes, consumers will continue to be in love with e-commerce too, of course: Just a few stats:
