Greed and Capitalism

What kind of society isn't structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system.
- Milton Friedman

Monday, November 3, 2014

Strong Team Intelligence Equates To High Profitability

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New Research: Strong Team Intelligence Equates To High Profitability

New research from New York-based Dr. Solange Chara shows it is now possible to predict the success and profitability of any given team participant or collective team in advance.
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The ability to work well within teams should be make-or-break-it criteria for the selection of C-level positions: http://onforb.es/1zqQKYS


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Why employees will never be as efficient as HR hopes




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Psychology says; People tend to value memories more than actual people. Sometimes you miss the memories, not the actual person.









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The neuroscience of emoticons: http://f-st.co/idcpz0f







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Such a dramatic fall in the price of crude oil has global consequences. Who wins, who loses? http://econ.st/10LObTb



 





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This food can glow in the dark http://ti.me/1wr3AnC Photo: Courtesy of Luma Bites







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We asked Rupert Murdoch why is he still working so hard at 83, here's his one-word answer. http://buff.ly/1twsSQk





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Daylight Savings Is Here: 5 Tips To Successfully Manage Your Time

With daylight savings time repaying us for the hour of sleep we lost earlier this year, I’m reminded of just how precious our time is (and how we always want more). Time is the one precious resource...
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Schedule time for self-maintenance daily so that improvement becomes a habit: http://onforb.es/1ttEe6j




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Portugal is the latest target for Chinese investors buying up property around the world. http://bloom.bg/1tSF3qz




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Where are the best places in the world to set up new businesses?
1 #Singapore 
2 #NewZealand 
3 #HongKong


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Thieves steal the gate – with Nazi motto 'Work Sets You Free' – from Dachau concentration camp http://on.wsj.com/1x0gBnh



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The World Bank reckons that Ebola may cost Africa $33 billion 





Greenpeace UK ‏@GreenpeaceUK 
Coal industry increasingly trying to argue that we need to keep existing coal open http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/utilities/article4255591.ece …






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Over the last 10 years, holiday sales on average have grown 2.9%:






Salon.com ‏@Salon   
The planet's deadliest infectious diseases, by country
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The secret data hidden in your snapshots 
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Shark conservation focus widening


Al Arabiya English ‏@AlArabiya_Eng

Bedazzled! #Lebanese jewelers make ‘fantasy’ bras for Victoria’s Secret
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Business Insider ‏@businessinsider  
ROSENBERG: bear markets don't just happen — they're caused by these two conditions http://buff.ly/1wVElba 














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Saturday, November 1, 2014

Creativity in Advertising



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Asics salutes 500 NYC marathon runners by 3-D printing statues of them.


Wow! This London bar's cocktail menu is a pop-up book: by

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    Who cares if a cocktail menu never changes when it's designed this beautifully?



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    7 stunningly creepy illustrations for a new edition of "A Clockwork Orange": by


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    Peek inside the haunting, abandoned hotels of New York's Borscht Belt: by


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    . shutters its San Francisco studio: by


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    Need a last-minute Halloween costume? Print out one of these beautiful papercraft masks


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    Why are Victorian houses creepy?



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    An urban farm designed to make one thing: A grilled ham and cheese sandwich



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    How two game fans became developers on 3: by


     · Oct 30
    Halloween was about sex before it was about "trick or treat." A history of slutty costumes:

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    Quotes about the Advertising business

     · Oct 28
    The secret to great work: Blood, sweat, tears and toil. Midnight oil. Sheer bloody hard work. Clients with courage. And some luck.


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    ...and all the men and women merely players. RT : Spectacular stage at the Bregenz Festival in Austria!

    If you want to find your greatest love, it will be inside the hardest thing you do. - Regina Dugan, Google

     · Oct 23
    Self-publishing needs to come from a place of 'give-a-shitness.' - Maria Popova


     · Oct 23
    "Sometimes rebels are treated like heroes – but it's often all they can do."—Paola Antonelli
     


    Question authority and think for yourself. - Tim Leary

    Here's to the cracked ones - the ones who let the light into this world. : D.O. was a rebel of his time! ?

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    As creatives, we need to look for different points of view. The hardest thing to do is to see the world with new eyes





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    Worldwide Chief Creative Officer at Ogilvy & Mather. Tweets are all mine, except the ones you write.
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