Only 45% of employees are satisfied with their careers. This might be you, or it might be the people who work for you. Regardless, it’s a shocking statistic that highlights just how few people LOVE their work. So who are 55% who are satisfied, and

Think about your friends that always talk about money. Actually, you might not have any because its boring to hear friends only talk about money. Businesses that just talk about money are boring, too. No great businesses talk only about money. Yes they know how

Inspired by The Guardian Activate Summit in New York, here are 7 vital elements for spurring innovation within your organization. 1. Start at the Top. Leaders must lead. Period. Innovation will only occur when  leaders inspire people to achieve more than they thought possible, and

At the Guardian Activate Summit in New York, Marco Tempest, the virtual magician, gave a stunning and inspiring performance. (Watch the video) Beyond fancy virtual magic, stunning acting, and amazing storytelling, Marco inspires a much more important behavior – suspending disbelief. Part of the reason

At the Guardian Activate Summit in New York, Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn) took the stage with Jeff Jarvis (BuzzMachine) to discuss the power of social networks and big data for facilitating change. In an enlightening QA, they discussed how startups can leverage technology to make a

Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with Robin Hough, one of the Masterminds behind the much anticipated Guardian Activate Summit in New York on May 3,2012. In addition sharing with me the AMAZING line-up of presenters that will be a the event, we

This past week at the WeMedia PitchIt! Challenge, an all-star cast of judges and mentors shared advice to entrepreneurs working to launch new businesses. Here are 7 tips from this amazing event to help you grow and pitch your start-up. 1: Thrive, Don’t Sustain Find

Yesterday, the Discovery Shuttle flew over Washington DC, a symbolic act sun-setting the once awe-inspiring space shuttle program. There has been a lot of critique about the program. Many even calling it a failure highlighting the fact that it had astronomic costs and did not

The Guardian Activate Summit is a conference all about using technology to make the world better, yet not one speaker has a strong technical background – and for a very good reason:  technology isn’t solving the world’s problems, people are. If you want to make

If you’re working on building a better world, then you need to be innovative, and foster innovation in the people you lead. At first, cleaning up our environment or tackling social issues seems cost prohibitive. But check out the following examples of innovative (and profitable)