Showing emotion can be a good thing, but you still want to come across as focused, not frazzled.
Good speakers are passionate—and it shows. Bad speakers are dull, plodding, humdrum. There’s no sense that they’re animated by their material. And it’s true—showing that you truly care about a subject can go a long way toward winning over your listeners.
The challenges of managing and living with obsessive compulsive disorder can make some people better equipped for leadership roles.
OCD can be hell, but as Winston Churchill, who reportedly had OCD, famously said, “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
In a country where women are not allowed to drive, the deal was a bad omen.
What is the role of major American companies when they expand their business into countries that have different values and attitudes? And does that change when one of those countries invests a significant chunk of money in an American firm?
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Webster’s defines productivity as “the quality or state of being productive.” Helpful, no?
If you want a promotion after less than 12 months on the job, you’ll need to show it’s a more obvious choice than it might seem.
You’re six months into your job and doing well at your company. You feel you’ve already settled in, and you’re ready for more responsibility. So you schedule some time with your boss and ask, “So, what can I do in order to get promoted?”
The grocery delivery company is offering some of its partners software without manpower.
Since its launch in 2012, Instacart has continually evolved its grocery delivery service. In the beginning, CEO Apoorva Mehta made deliveries via Uber. Then an independent fleet of couriers shopped for the items on customers’ lists and delivered them using their own vehicles. Eventually, in-store Instacart employees handed deliveries off to couriers. And now, in the latest iteration, Instacart is piloting an option in a handful of stores that involves no delivery and no Instacart workers.
One of YouTube’s most popular creators, Hank Green, launched the nonprofit to actively promote the interests of online video makers.
Last year, when YouTube launched YouTube Red, its premium subscription service for ad-free music, videos, and exclusive original shows, many of the millions of content creators who post videos on the site were confused about how the new product would impact them. YouTube pays video owners by sharing ad revenue with them. When the ads disappeared, how would “YouTubers” get paid? And would they be paid anything at all during the free trial period?
At WWDC, Apple signaled that it’s opening up: One by one, its services are inviting developers to play.
More than ever, Apple is realizing it can’t do it all. That is, when it comes to building software and services, the technology giant that is most often criticized (or respected) for its “closed” approach is opening up.
If Apple’s claims are true, privacy researchers say it is taking a step in the right direction.
In the wake of its very public fight with the FBI in recent months, Apple has become associated with privacy more than any other tech company.
The company announced a number of changes to its operating systems that show a new focus on machine learning and personal assistant tech.
Think Different. That’s the simple and iconic slogan Apple used during the second coming of Jobs, during his reinvention and revitalization of the company in the late ’90s. Yes, there are second acts in American life. Jobs gave one to Apple, and it’s still living it.
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