Category Archives: Business

We all think that we have great ideas. And we all tend to fall in love with our own ideas because, well, they’re ours. But most of my ideas—and yours—are probably mediocre. And no, that’s not an insult; it’s just a fact about the way most ideas are generated. I mean, if we were allContinueContinue reading “Why you need a devil’s advocate”

What we really should be debating is whether college is still worth the investment for entrepreneurs. source https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/no-being-a-college-dropout-will-not-increase-your-chances-of-startup-success/91285399

Hi there! My name is Marcus Collins, DBA, and I study culture and its influence and impact on human behavior at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Each week, this column will explore the inner workings of organizational culture and the mechanisms that make it tick. Every entry will be accompaniedContinueContinue reading “Culture is a company’s greatest cheat code. So why do so many leaders struggle to crack it?”

Oscar Wilde famously noted, “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” It is arguably one of the best brief illustrations of emotional intelligence (EQ), a trait that became popular thanks to a nonacademic best-selling book by journalist Daniel Goleman, in which he insinuated that EQ is a more important driver of successContinueContinue reading “How to work with challenging personalities (and avoid being one of them)”

This time around, Eric Migicovsky is just focused on building products he likes. source https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/why-pebbles-founder-isnt-trying-to-build-the-next-big-thing/91285835