January 2011
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From Design Mind: Umair Haque on "The Meaning...
Meaning Organizations create micro- and macro-structures that fuel radically meaningful work, life, and play. They’re concerned first and foremost not just with making goods, or learning to make goods, but with ensuring that production, consumption, and exchange scale ever more meaningful peaks of prosperity.
Harvard Business Review: Bob Sutton Quote
The best bosses serve as human shields, protecting their people from intrusions, distractions, idiocy from on high, and anything else that undermines their performance or well-being.
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“At some peril to my integrity I have always taken the words of the songwriter...”
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“These days, the most powerful contributions come from the most unexpected...”
– Ten Questions Every Game Changer Must Answer | Page 2 | Fast Company
“Google’s interest in Africa is not new. Its Google Africa Blog launched in the...”
– Google Hires Crowdsourcing Guru to Manage Africa Policy | Fast Company
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WatchMy wife Susan has been experimenting with her new iPad. Here’s a quick animation of our pup Fenway in action. Enjoy!
From Dwell: Witold Rybczynski Interview
Shopping has always been important in city life; think of Kasbahs, bazaars, market squares, Main Streets, the old department stores. In some ways, tracing the evolution of shopping places, as I do in a chapter of the book, is like tracing ideas about how cities should be planned. The current thinking is to integrate shopping with other uses such as housing, offices, restaurants, sidewalks, and...
