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Auctioneering, not prostitution, is the oldest profession known to man. Deborah Weidenhamer seemed destined for a career in finance until a chance conversation led her to become an auctioneer

When Richard Frinier was creating his new trilogy of outdoor furniture designs for Brown Jordan, the tireless Long Beach, Calif.–based designer wondered what life would be like if he could simply sit still and let his mind drift aimlessly.

You may not use a health device connected to your doctor yet, but you probably will soon. What will these devices look like and how will you use them?

We continue our series uncovering the key decisions that made a campaign an award-winner. Here, Eric Quennoy and Mark Bernath, ECDs at Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam dissect Film Grand Prix winner Write the Future. Due to irresponsible use, the word "epic" is a shell of its former self, but it’ll have to do the heavy lifting here to describe Nike’s Write the Future campaign.

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday on the latest plan to shore up our country's finances and jumpstart the economy: A new tax-repatriation holiday. The holiday would involve drastically lowering taxes on corporate profits for companies that choose to bring assets back into this country. (It's common practice for big companies to store most of their cash in tax havens in order to avoid paying the 35 percent corporate profit tax

What are the major milestones in productivity throughout history? Here's a timeline of key events that helped increase human efficiency, including the commercial diary, Henry Ford's Model T car, and the invention of the world wide web. 1791 Benjamin Franklin’s posthumous autobiography described the founding father’s system for the pursuit of “Order”.

Keeping a meeting interesting is something even the sharpest sales reps struggle with. Experts share a few tips on how to mix things up. The sales meeting for some is a dreaded hours-long absence from the queue of voicemail and e-mail piling up at their desks

Last Saturday, at a workshop organized by the Foundation Questions Institute , Nobel laureate physicist Gerard 't Hooft gave a few informal remarks on the deep nature of reality.

Inventions exist today that would have boggled the mind just a generation ago. I play Scrabble daily with people all over the country on a smartphone that I carry in my pocket. This device is remarkably versatile and powerful

Over the last few months, Syria has been making headlines almost daily as the struggles between the government and protesters have become increasingly violent. This past Friday, the city of Hama was the target of a government-led military assault that claimed the lives of at least 65 protesters and injured countless others. As tens of thousands of mourners gathered the next day, tanks began to surround the city and caused funeral processions to feel more like protests

It may not be as dramatic as Twitter or as ubiquitous as Facebook, but LinkedIn attracts dedicated users who are serious about business. Here's how to connect with them using the fast-growing service's most powerful new tools.

Over the past decade, George Constantinou and Farid Ali have become partners in lifeand partners running a $3 million-a-year Latin restaurant.

Welcome to the world of sales training 2.0, where innovators are leveraging new technologyand new thinkingto make better sales people. Eric Richardson believes there's a serious disconnect in the world of sales.

From work to play, how can someone get the most out of what they do? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series, a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from Flow (1990) by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

I work so hard and I still can’t make ends meet.