Business & Economics Entrepreneurship Startups Strategy The Importance Of Useless Knowledge In Business April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Although managing a business, or even a small part thereof, is a complex task, the solutions for solving problems often seem deceivingly simple. Managers resolve even the most complex issues with a two-by-two matrix or simple lists of steps. Most management books simplify the complicated world of business by providing attractive solutions with a high level of […]
Business & Economics Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Discord And Microsoft: How Do You Create Momentum? March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is talking to Discord about acquiring the social audio company created in 2015, that has more than 250 million users and has so far focused primarily on creating communities of video game fans. The trigger for these talks has been the surprise success of Clubhouse, which is even smaller than Discord, but […]
Editor's Pick Science Just How Feasible Is A Warp Drive? March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked It’s hard living in a relativistic Universe, where even the nearest stars are so far away and the speed of light is absolute. It is little wonder then why science fiction franchises routinely employ FTL (Faster-than-Light) as a plot device. Push a button, press a pedal, and that fancy drive system – whose workings no […]
Psychology & Wellness Sociology ‘Bad News’ – A Psychological Vaccine Against ‘Fake News’ March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked ‘Fake news’ and the manipulation of news media have become a fixture of the current political moment. Whereas, attempts have been made to regulate fake news and to direct internet users to more authoritative sources of information, these initiatives have also come under criticism for being overzealous and a break on press freedoms. In the […]
Callum Connects Interviews Peter Reid – Founder of Paradise Home March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Peter Reid – Founder of Paradise Home Airline sales to interior design is not a conventional route, but it is the one Peter Reid took and he loves what he is doing now. What’s your story? Having started my working life in sales for an airline, I was able […]
Callum Connects Interviews ADEN LIU – CREATIVE DIRECTOR of Maveriq March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: ADEN LIU – CREATIVE DIRECTOR of Maveriq Aden Liu’s ability to combine his love of the arts with his technical skills has enable him to be creative in the digital field. And he can advise you on how to be a smart dresser! What’s your story? Born with a […]
Business & Economics Entrepreneurship Money & Finance Here’s Why The Gamestop Fallout Is A Good Thing March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Here’s why the Gamestop Fallout Is a Good Thing In the age of extreme polarized political talk, an entirely new phenomenon is sweeping the trading world off its feet. As they call it, Meme Stocks are stocks targeted by inexperienced retail investors with the intension to prove a point. GameStop became a symbol of the resistance and […]
Business & Economics Technology The Unstoppable Growth Of The Freemium Economy March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked At a Twitter event for analysts, the company presented its plans — previously disclosed to the SEC — to double its revenue by the end of 2023, with the goal of reaching 315 million monetizable daily users. The company, which is doing well in the wake of last year’s threat of a shareholder rebellion to replace CEO Jack Dorsey, has interesting plans for […]
Entertainment & Culture Journal Technology Life After Esports? February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Esports has experienced unprecedented growth recently and with it, the proposition for aspiring gamers to pursue a professional esport career has become increasingly attractive. “Esports” are video-games played competitively (and often professionally) through the means of cyberspace (Campbell et al., 2018) and are an important fixture in the overall gaming industry, which is estimated to […]
Business & Economics Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Money & Finance Technology What We To Stand Gain From GameStop February 9, 2021February 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked If you would have told me that the financial future of the US markets and economy could hinge on a legacy video game retailer that has been in decline for years, I wouldn’t have believed you. But here we are… GameStop and the collective power of coordinated retail investors have brought about an erosion of […]
Shawn Lee – Business Lead at Monocoque This article was originally published here: Shawn Lee – Business Lead at Monocoque Shawn Lee’s commitment to good design stems from the belief that there are still too many businesses that under-value it. What’s your story? My story hasn’t changed all that much since the last interview with Callum. I would say there are additions […] Written by Callum Laing March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Sharon Tsang – Founder & CEO Anew Studios This article was originally published here: Sharon Tsang – Founder & CEO Anew Studios Sharon Tsang is using her experience in the fashion industry to enhance her commitment to improving the lives of women and to sustainability. What’s your story? Born in Hong Kong and raised between Hong Kong and Vancouver, I always had an […] Written by Callum Laing March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Platforms Are The Future Of Intelligence As we organize human work and learning at fantastic scales, let’s strive for something inspiring. Through our relationship with machines, humans are building a new, synthetic intelligence. Organizations are the home for this part-human, part-machine intelligence. The topic to which we now turn is the role organizations play in coordinating the immense scale of work and […] Written by Gideon Rosenblatt March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How Progress Made Us Weak Until the majority of humans fell to the transformative impacts of the Machine Age some hundred or so years ago, when power generation, electricity, the automobile, factories, and telecommunications all conspired to dramatically alter how we lived and interacted, a common set of governing principles underpinned life on Earth for more than ten thousand years. […] Written by Anthony Fieldman March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why Technology Will Always Be The Key To Geopolitics Joe Biden’s remarks to the virtual Munich Security Conference on February 19 outline the variables that will be at the center of geopolitics over — at least — the next four years, and the enormous importance technology will play. It should be no surprise us that technology weighs so heavily in geopolitics: it is already present in all aspects of our […] Written by Enrique Dans March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How China Is Transforming Its Economy Through Learning I highly recommend reading the McKinsey Global Institute’s new report, “Reskilling China: Transforming The World’s Largest Workforce Into Lifelong Learners”, which focuses on the country’s biggest employment challenge, re-training its workforce and the adoption of practices such as lifelong learning to address the growing digital transformation of its productive fabric. How to transform the country […] Written by Enrique Dans February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why You’re Not Seeing Success With Influencer Marketing With the new year around the corner, now is a good time to re-evaluate your past marketing strategies and gear up for the year ahead. For some businesses, influencer marketing has simply not seemed to live up to its lofty promises of genuine engagement, credibility, and transparency. Some have claimed that it has been failing […] Written by Michael Tan January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
