What To Do When the Boss Begs You to Stay
Jacquelyn Smith, forbes.comYou sit down with your boss to tell her you’ve been offered a job elsewhere and that you’ll be leaving the company in a few weeks. It will probably be an awkward conversation, and it’ll become even more uncomfortable when she asks you …
What Does It Really Matter If Companies Are Tracking Us Online?
Rebecca J. Rosen, theatlantic.comSay you, like me, went to bed a little early last night. And when you woke up this morning, you decided to catch the episode of the Daily Show that you missed. So you pointed your browser over to thedailyshow.com, and there, as you expected,…
Monique Valcour, hbr.org
Have you noticed the rising chorus in the management literature proclaiming that work must have meaning? On this very site, for example, several authors have published research-based blog posts on how managers can create the conditions that suppor…
Why You Should Recruit on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
Jorgen Sundberg, theundercoverrecruiter.comIs your social recruitment strategy missing the mark–and millions of potential candidates? Facebook helps you close the talent gap and get in touch with the right passive and active candidates on their favourite social network. Our friends at Work…
Mobile Apps Follow Starbucks And Virgin America By Offering Loyalty Systems
Ilya Pozin, forbes.comStarbucks , American Express , Virgin America and most of today’s great companies have loyalty systems. Starbucks, for example, rewards “stars” when you purchase coffee using their rewards card. These stars are collected and are t…
The Shocking Stats About Who’s Really Starting Companies In America
BY GRACE NASRI, fastcompany.comFully a third of venture-backed companies that went public between 2006 and 2012 had at least one immigrant founder at the helm. Arianna Huffington and other prominent entrepreneurs on why the U.S. needs to get creative about immigration…
Facebook said to be testing its own mobile purchasing program (update)
By Dan Seifert, theverge.comBuying things from your smartphone has gotten progressively easier over the years: companies such as Amazon, PayPal, and even Google have launched mobile payment platforms that alleviate the need to enter your payment informatio…
Congress Is Nervous About This Whole Bitcoin Thing
Kashmir Hill, forbes.comDread Pirate Roberts, the owner of the world’s most popular online drug market Silk Road, told FORBES, “We’ve won the State’s War on Drugs because of Bitcoin.” It’s a provocative statement, and it’s part of the reason the digital currenc…
Apple bought Matcha because it “found the answer” with its recommendation algorithm
Jordan Kahn, 9to5mac.comFollowing reports earlier this week that Apple had acquired video aggregation and discovery service Matcha, TechCrunch claims today that its sources have provided a bit more info on the motivation behind the acquisition. While noti…
40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
twistedsifter, twistedsifter.comIf you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that.Hopefully some of these ma…
10 Things You Need To Know This Morning In Tech
Alyson Shontell, businessinsider.comGood morning, here’s the news.
Layoffs at AOL Patch are expected to begin today. Tim Armstrong warned one week ago that he’d be killing or trying to find partners for up to 400 of the local news sites.
An internal audit and more…
Pennies streaming from heaven
economist.comIs the internet really so different from the phonograph?
FASTER than a speeding bit, the internet upended media and entertainment companies. Piracy soared, and sales of albums and films slid. N …
Startup cria serviço de assinaturas para mercado de bebês e gestantes
globo.comCom base atual de 500 clientes, PetiteBox envia caixas mensais com produtos selecionados para cada fase da gestação
Uma caixa com presentes variados para cada fase da gestação. É com essa proposta que …
Feira do Empreendedor abre inscrições para capacitações
Da Agência Sebrae de Notícias, globo.comSeminários abordarão desafios do crescimento (Foto: Shutterstock)A capacitação de empresários e de potenciais empreendedores é um dos pontos fortes da Feira do Empreendedor da Bahia, que acontece no Centro de Convenções da capital, de 22 a 26 de…
Doug Sundheim, hbr.org
Much of what comes out of people’s mouths in business these days is sugar-coated, couched, and polished. The messages are manufactured, trying to strike just the right tone. Genuine emotion stands in stark contrast. It’s a real person sharing a re…
¿Derrite el verano nuestra productividad?
edenred.esSi bien la jornada intensiva y la proximidad de las vacaciones son una motivación para muchos a la hora de trabajar, la temperatura no lo pone nada fácil. Analizamos los efectos del ver …
| By Jennifer Paterson, employeebenefits.co.uk
Only 28% of respondents have a defined strategy in place that links reward and incentives to business objectives, according to research by Edenred.
Its Getting more from employee reward and inc …
