There have always been generation gaps–but in the age of social technology the generation gaps are getting bigger and growing faster.
The Glibbers: If you were born after 1980 the chances are you grew up near a computer and now, 29 years later, you digest online information quickly and in small bits. Glibber’s won’t just read news stories but they’ll follow their friends on twitter, scan a blog based in Hong Kong, read LA food reviews, …

Managerially competent leaders who sustain momentum are experts at empowering individuals and groups to perform specific tasks or processes in the pursuit of their agenda. The most effective leaders understand that their ability to deliver results and to engage others with the responsibility and authority of getting things done.
Douglas Conant, CEO of Campbell Soup Co., knows this lesson well. In his recent interview with Forbes he stresses the importance of engaging employees in order to …

It’s hard working with your hands–but it’s harder working in a job with no craftsmanship.
Myspace is cutting back. Just because your the first–doesn’t mean your the best.
What are the world’s most counterfeited products? See Businessweek’s slide show and check out their redesigned site!
Innovation takes a big team and a lot of ideas. Wharton wants us to think (and collaborate) outside of the box.
Forbes on the market’s best managers. It takes a different kind of leader in …

Yesterday, we talked about Richard Feynman, the straight-talking Queens physicist, and his strategies for thinking out of the box.
Feynman, as well as being a left-field thinker, was able to approach problems with a probing light. In the video below he discusses his approach to solving both huge and small problems. His approach consists of three basic rules:
1. Don’t Make Assumptions: No matter what your problem is–don’t assume a possible answer because it will limit your …

Richard Feynman, the Nobel Prize winning physicist who is a straight-talker from Queens, New York, has spent his whole life trying to see things from a different point of view.
In the interview below (part 1 of 4) Feynman outlines three strategies to think outside the box. They are:
1. Challenge conventional wisdom: Never be happy with an answer or one explanation. Instead, explore it’s meaning and always search for new, more exciting, questions.
2. What’s in a …

The CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, knows he’s in the wrong business. DVD distribution, like VHS distribution before it, will soon die out in favor of streaming online video that can be play on both PCs and TVs. Netflix is no longer competing with Blockbuster or even the new upstart Redbox, they are racing with established and new online video suppliers to win over an increasingly tech-savvy consumers. Mr. Hastings, a forward thinking leader, knows …