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Inside the Entrepreneur's Brain, Continued
Leigh Buchanan's extended Q&A with leading management consultant, Charles Jacobs, about his new book "Management Rewired," which looks at how brain structure... Read more
Cognitive Science
Recent Articles about Cognitive Science
The Innovation Factor: Your Brain on Innovation
Want to know what makes a creative genius tick? Neuroscience gives us some clues. Read more
Charles Jacobs Goes Inside the Entrepreneur's Brain
Leading corporate consultant, Charles Jacobs discusses how brain structure can impact business management. Read more
Leaving a Memorable Impression
When you're in business for yourself it's crucial that you keep yourself on the tip of your clients' and colleagues' tongues. Nancy Michaels, our One-Pers... Watch video
In the Office, Emotions Often Count More Than Intelligence
Career advancement is closely tied to "emotional intelligence," according to new research. Read more
Intelligent Computers
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), a division of the U.S. Defense Department, Read more
Open-Books Management
Inc. editors handpick five recently published books guaranteed to help you think smarter about your company, your family, and yourself. Read more
If You Have A Niche, Scratch It
Even though, as in Microcomputer Systems Corp.'s case, they may all make money while they last, not all market niches turn into pursuable business lines, ... Read more
Neurologists: Apple Triggers Religious Reaction
Once again, science is confirming what we have always suspected. This time, after years of referring to Apple's customer base as the "cult of Mac" or "cul... Read more
America's Fastest-Growing Retailer
ModCloth, run by a husband-and-wife team, is a website that sells vintage clothing and drew in $15.6 million in 2009. Read more
You Can Trust Your Hunches
Intuition is more important than most people think, but make sure you don't fool yourself. Read more
John Mackey of Whole Foods on Hiring Leaders
He used to be impressed by people who were articulate. Not anymore. Read more
Ideas: From Conception to Maturity
As I continue to visualize, build and tweak my own business model I think about processes and tools that may be useful to my clients as they do the same. ... Read more
When It's Time to Think About an IPO
The decision to take your company public is far from being only numbers based. A number of critical questions can help you determine if you have the numbers ... Read more
Review: The Watchman's Rattle
Author Rebecca D. Costa explores how to adapt our brains to optimize problem solving. Read more
The Shopper's High
An ABC News story this morning notes that for some shoppers discoveri... Read more
A Name At Any Other Price
I can still remember the $5 I was rewarded for naming the Syracuse University School of Speech Communications newsletter, Verbatim, in 1967. Little did I ... Read more
Culture Traps
Allan Kennedy may have written the book on corporate cultures, but his naive attempt to create one reflects the spate of faddish misinformation sold to Am... Read more
Innovation: The Outer Limits
The hottest, most mind-boggling high-tech products are coming not only from corporate behemoths but also from start-ups you've never heard of. Read more
Always Be Interviewing
The number one mistake in building and maintaining an effective sales team is a flawed hiring process. While there are many elements to consider, my first... Read more
Cyberjockeys
An M.I.T. doctoral student talks about his work in shrinking monitors, keyboards, and more for smartclothing. Read more
Are You Wasting 40% of Your Time With Multitasking?
When was the last time you wrote a resume? I remember, years ago, submitting one with the phrase "hard working, multi-tasking individual" on it. Back in t... Read more
Review: The Upside of Irrationality
Dan Ariely's second book about defying conventional logic makes for a great beach read. Read more
Send In the Clowns
Creatively presenting products to distributors to increase sales. Read more
Fellowship Encourages Science Start-ups
Kauffman Foundation offers internships and investor connections to help commercialize science and technology ideas. Read more
Upstarts: Highlighting New Companies
Some companies really do benefit from stiffer Internal Revenue Service regulations. Last year's tax law (see "Your Money or Your Car, page tk) requires p... Read more
Organizational Behavior
The study of organizational behavior is an academic discipline concerned with describing, understanding, predicting, and controlling human behavior in an ... Read more
The Unfit Office
"Office of the 80s: Part 8" (January) could have been more informative in identifying the causes of the problems in today's ergonomic or electronic office... Read more
A Buyer's Guide To Personal Business Computers
The following 14 personal business computers can handle a variety of useful business applications. Yet they involve no more setup than a component stereo... Read more
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