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JWT’s 100 Things to Watch in 2011

JWT has a fascinating catalog of 100 trends and upcoming stars to watch for in 2011: http://www.jwtintelligence.com/2010/12/100-watch-2011/ I think the most interesting that are relevant to this site are: group-manipulated pricing (#40) & P-to-P car sharing (#70): What expectations do we … Continue reading

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Life lessons from the Encyclopedia Britannica

I’m reading A.J. Jacobs’ book about the Encyclopedia Brittanica. It was on display at Powell’s bookstore, with a blurb from Jonathan Safran Foer on the back cover: “…funny, original, and strangely heroic. I found myself rooting on Jacobs’s quixotic, totally … Continue reading

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Great teaching position: WSU Asst/Assc Professor Position – Anthropology

This great teaching position was posted by Elizabeth Nicole Nanas to the Anthwork listserve. Wayne State University Assistant or Associate Professor of Anthropology (Tenure-Track/Tenured) The Department of Anthropology at Wayne State University announces a full-time, tenure-track/tenured position for an individual … Continue reading

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Workshop this Thursday

Here’s another description of the workshop this Thursday. For the preview, check out tips #2, #7, #8, #9. More generally, browse: #1-#21 and #101. And as always, see the similar posts at the bottom of each page on this site. … Continue reading

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The creative “plateau”

Preface to this post: In an earlier version of this website I often wrote much more free-form. That free-form writing was appreciated by many readers, most of whom were polymath leaders in business, or artists, or consultants, or a combination. … Continue reading

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