Fight the Bull

We do come across a lot of crap jargon in documents and ppts. Possibly we are also prey to that attitude of using jargon..Here’s a tool from Deloitte! which helps remove Bull from documents. Link: Download Bullfighter.

The 10 great levelers

Thomas Friedman talks of 10 things that made the world flat: 1. Fall of the Berlin Wall The events of November 9, 1989, tilted the worldwide balance of power toward democracies and free markets. 2. Netscape IPO The August 9, 1995, offering sparked massive investment in fiber-optic cables. 3. Work flow software The rise of apps from PayPal to VPNs enabled faster, closer coordination among far-flung employees. 4. Open-sourcing Self-organizing communities, � la Linux, launched a collaborative revolution.

Secret to Success: Go for Just Enough

Link: HBS Working Knowledge Maximization does not work as a measure of success What is the right measure of success in your eyes? What is it for your company or school? Is being really successful inevitably a matter of being the best, highest, youngest, richest, smartest, and prettiest on every scale you know—that is, celebrity winner-take-all? Such standards are maximized forms of accomplishment. Simply put, maximization is any form of going for the extreme—genius intelligence, superhuman effort, the best house, the unique lifestyle, and the most profit possible.