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Who’s Accountable for Your Growth?

Capturing growth opportunities requires alignment on targets, timelines, and, most of all, accountability. You probably hear (or tell) this story as often as we do: “Our business went through a major strategic planning session last year. So far, it’s created a big stack of paper and a pile of dust.” A company that invests so much time and effort into strategic planning should be set for double-digit growth for years to come.

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The American Museum of Natural History Hosts "Beyond Planet Earth" Tweetup with Scientific American

I knew it was going to be a wonderful night when I magically found street parking on Central Park West directly across from the American Museum of Natural History. Camera in hand I entered the planetarium where I enjoyed a presentation of vintage films and movies depicting space travel and life on other planets. I was soon flying towards the dark side of the moon and out into the Milky Way during a 3D presentation of the planets that was out of this world.

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Scientific American Previews the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Attending the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is like walking along a loud, crowded boardwalk on a hot summer day. There may not be much sun or sand, but amongst the thousands of tech peddlers who flock there each January, you’ll find no shortage of hype, hoopla and expensive gimmicks

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BranchOut Adds Tools To Let Recruiters Go Trolling on Facebook

RecruiterConnect is the first software product for businesses ever built on top of Facebook. Finding the right candidates to fill open positions is a perennial recruiting problem. LinkedIn has solved some of that by creating a database of resumes, surfacing connections between people, and creating tools for recruiters to go hunting through the network.

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Encouraging Thought by Emulating Nature

The goal of this "primordial" creative business lounge is to keep workers at ease. And despite its clean white design, nature is never far away at the Thinkgarden in Milan.

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Increase In Alternative Fuel Vehicles Doesn’t Mean That Drivers Are Using Less Gasoline

Because you can put gas in flex-fuel vehicles, and because you can't find ethanol anywhere, just putting clean cars on the roads hasn't meant cleaner emissions. Governments and corporations--big entities that have to move a lot of stuff and people around--buy a lot of cars and use a lot of gas. In 2009, these U.S.

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Can Going Small Help You Grow?

Chef Zac Pelaccio and partner Rick Carmac already have a stable of successful eateries serving tasty, Southeast Asian-influenced fare—three Fatty Crab locations in New York City and the Virgin Islands and two Fatty 'Cue posts in Brooklyn and the West Village. But the pair's most recent venture is considerably smaller: Four Fatty Snack and Fatty 'Cue kiosks in New York City's Financial District, Battery Park, and around Central Park. Carmac tells us about the decision to start smaller outposts

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Marc Speichert On Creating An Online Novela Fan Club

Photograph by Patrick James Miller Creative marketers are launching new efforts to reach the Latin American community. Marc Speichert worked with Telemundo to launch a novela fan club. Marc Speichert Chief Marketing Officer, L'Or

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Constructive Employee Feedback will Improve Performance Management

Why do Managers shy away from giving performance feedback, both positive and negative? Constructive feedback is crucial to career development, employee satisfaction, employee retention and employee motivation. Employee feedback should be given as frequently as possible; both formally through the annual performance review forms and ensuing discussions, but also informally through ongoing conversations and coaching

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