How Freelancers Are Redefining Success To Be About Value, Not Wealth. In an iconic scene in The Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort--the “wolf” played by Leonardo DiCaprio--launches his $40,000 Rolex into a sea of outstretched hands, as eager young stockbrokers lunge for it, nearly clobbering one another in the process.
The scene perfectly captures the infamous excesses of Wall Street in the ‘80s. Want More Independent Decisions? Put More Women On The Board. Ahead of their hyped IPOs, Facebook and Twitter had zero females on their boards.
Both firms appointed women after a heaping of public criticism. In total, eight of 13 Silicon Valley companies that launched IPOs in 2013 had no women directors. But while the challenge for some U.S. companies is even to get a single woman director, other countries have gone much further. Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá / Descarga gratuita Base de Datos Círculo de Afiliados. Gestión de relaciones con el cliente (CRM) Marzo 2014 Introducción a la gestión de relaciones con el cliente (CRM) Generalmente la principal fuente de ingresos de una empresa son sus clientes.
Sin embargo, debido a que el mundo de los negocios está cambiando, sobre todo como resultado de la integración de nuevas tecnologías en las relaciones entre empresas y clientes, la competencia se hace cada vez más dura y, en consecuencia, los clientes pueden elegir a sus proveedores o cambiarlos mediante un simple clic. Los criterios de selección de los clientes son principalmente financieros y hacen referencia a la capacidad de respuesta de la empresa, pero también puramente afectivos (necesidad de reconocimiento, de escucha, etcétera). En un mundo cada más competitivo, las empresas que quieren aumentar sus ganancias tienen por lo tanto varias alternativas: Aumentar el margen para cada cliente. Se ha descubierto que transformar a un cliente en un cliente fiel es cinco veces menos costoso que atraer nuevos clientes. ¿Qué es CRM? Why Companies Are Terrible At Spotting Creative Ideas.
In business, a creative idea is only worth as much as the manager who can recognize it. Malcolm Gladwell once told the story of Xerox engineer Gary Starkweather, who conceived of a laser printer circa 1970 but was forbidden to pursue it by a boss. Starkweather developed a prototype in his spare time and forced the company to transfer him so he could finish it. He basically begged Xerox to let him work on an idea it should have been begging him to work on. That story ended just fine for Xerox, but no doubt many other creative ideas stall in the conception phase for lack of encouragement. Truth is many managers face what might be called a creativity dilemma: their desire for novel ideas and creative workers is at odds with their need to provide practical order. Management scholar Jennifer Mueller of the University of San Diego has studied the failures of creative assessment and found hidden cognitive factors at its core.
Apple's Key To Innovation: Iterations, Not Just Breakthroughs. Apple is poised to announce new iPhones today.
And we fully expect the world to express its disappointment. From shareholders and analysts to fanboys and critics, no one can deny that it’s much more interesting when Apple announces the big things--the disruptions, the firsts--than when they merely improve their current products. 5 Websites that Will Make You More Productive. Amazon Is Building A Biosphere For Its Employees.
The Violent Femmes bassist has officially chosen the most non-violent alternative career path ever known to man: purveying tea.
But that doesn’t mean he’s lost his rock ‘n’ roll edge. How To Think Like An Engineer ⚙ Co. What would happen if you asked your boss for another person to do your job with you?
Would you be laughed at? Demoted? Fired? It turns out that developers have been working together to complete single tasks for decades, using a practice called “pair programming.” The basic idea is simple: Two developers sit in front of one computer. How To Hire The Best New Graduates. As recruiters and hiring managers gird their loins for the onslaught of cover letters, tweets, and calls from the newly minted class of 2013 looking to get a foothold on the first rung of the corporate ladder, they’re facing new challenges.
Thanks to the slow economic recovery, 41% of those who graduated in the past two years are cooling their heels in jobs that don’t require a degree, according to a survey from consulting firm Accenture. No wonder three out of four people are in constant job search mode. When You Make Eye Contact, Do You Look Careless, Confident, Or Creepy? Which is worse: the guy texting as he talks to you or the girl that locks her gaze onto you throughout a meeting?
And what does all this say about hierarchy? If you look at the Wall Street Journal's recent piece on eye contact (and the awesome graphic that accompanied it) it's quite a lot. Let's break the findings down on the sliding scale of attentiveness: careless, confident, and creepy. Does Your Company Do It Right? It’s one thing to text a colleague that you’ll be late for a meeting, but would you conduct a major business deal via SMS?
Ari Zoldan did. As CEO of Quantum Media Holdings, a technology incubator based in New York City, the company builds next-generation hardware and software for 3G and 4G end users and does a lot of business in Africa, Asia, and South America. "More often than not, our foreign partners have a hard time getting access to Internet and are unable to conduct business via email, but they all have mobile phones and can be their primary mode of communication with my company," Zoldan tells Fast Company. You're Going To Need More Than New Packaging To Call It Innovation.
Stand in front of a grocery store’s cereal aisle and you may be confronted with more than 130 different boxes of flakes, Os, pops, or puffed forms of grain slathered with varying amounts of sugar. Move to the detergents and you will see a wall of powders, liquids, bleaches, softeners, stain removers, and more, stretching on for 20 feet. Move to oral care and you may encounter 42 different variants of Crest toothpaste alone. 12 Essential Negotiating Strategies For Consultants. Two Words You Never Hear Together: " Great meeting!"