Why Startups Need More Strategic Planning, and Why Investors Should Help Provide It The entrepreneurial world often celebrates single-minded passion for an idea. We romanticize the image of dedicated founders and their teams tirelessly driving toward their vision. However, this narrative overlooks a crucial reality: visions don't exist in a vacuum. Startups Need More … [Read more...] about Why Startups Need More Strategic Planning, and Why Investors Should Help Provide It
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Does Advertising Help Make Information Sources Seem More Legitimate?
I just caught myself wondering about the legitimacy of a site that I came across when researching pirates for a story I am writing. I wasn't familiar with the site, but the advertising immediately made me more comfortable with it. When I saw Best Buy, AT&T, Chase and BMW associated with article I was reading, I figured that the site was probably legit. As I started writing … [Read more...] about Does Advertising Help Make Information Sources Seem More Legitimate?
Why I Wrote Management by Design
I have never worked at a company that really thought about its workplace experience, nor one that encouraged it managers to do so. We praise design in everything else, but the places where we spend our days, we leave under designed. Management by Design was written to address this issue. It outlines a methodology that I created over a three year period. The methodology guides … [Read more...] about Why I Wrote Management by Design
VR Education: 5 Reasons to Integrate (more) Virtual Reality into Learning Now
VR Education: Exploring Reasons to Increase Using in Learning As costs for education continue to increase: human capital costs and real estate costs (and its related costs of energy and maintenance), virtual reality environments may well prove the valve that allows expansion without bankruptcy. Consider these five ideas (and look for a special bonus at the bottom). Costs. … [Read more...] about VR Education: 5 Reasons to Integrate (more) Virtual Reality into Learning Now
A Brief Look at How I Work and Why it Matters to Today’s Students
As a scenario planner, I have to watch a number of sources for unfolding news around the world, at multiple levels of abstraction. I select things to comment on, others to reference, and some to ignore. Those I ignore I either don't trust or don't agree with, but I don't disagree with them enough to write a rebuttal. In order to analyze events, track the news and create a … [Read more...] about A Brief Look at How I Work and Why it Matters to Today’s Students