Anti-Islam Video Bedevils Google, Facebook

The inflammatory anti-Islam video “Innocence of Muslims” that unleashed a worldwide uproar last week has also caused a rift among global Internet companies. Few debate the video’s stupidity and racism. What does divide people is whether the movie should be seen as free speech that should be available everywhere so that viewers can form their own opinion about it; or whether it is so repulsive to some cultures that it should be forbidden there. In short, is the video hate speech or just free opinion? 

George Hincapie vs. Lance Armstrong, or Truth vs. Loyalty

"In cycling we're on the side of a mountain for weeks, in small hotel rooms, sharing every ache, and pain, and meal," Lance Armstrong wrote in his book Every Second Counts. "You get to know everything about each other, including things you'd rather not." If George Hincapie, Armstrong's road captain and long-time lieutenant, talks about what he knows of Armstrong's alleged doping, it will jeopardize their friendship. Will he?

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Does Multi-Tasking Work?

Do you find yourself answering emails while on conference calls, and sometimes even when you're on the phone with one person? In meetings, do you pretend to take notes on your laptop but really surf the Web or order lunch? Do you eat lunch at your desk, or text while driving? Multi-tasking has been shown to lengthen the time to finish a task by an average of 25 percent.

The Hidden Costs of an iPad

Four additional deaths and 18 injuries at Foxconn, the Chinese company that builds iPhones, iPads and other electronic gadgets for Apple and other Western companies, have again shed a harsh light on working conditions there. But consumers worldwide keep clamoring for cheaper, better and faster tech gadgets. Is Apple right or wrong to produce in China?

Insigniam Recommendations for Davos Leadership

Insigniam Performance released a series of recommendations today for the leadership of the Davos World Economic Forum. The consulting firm believes the WEF has the opportunity to engage leaders in driving true transformation and crafting global initiatives for change that actually make a difference.

Lost in Translation

Have you heard this one? The bus stops and two Italian men get on. They sit down and engage in an animated conversation.

The lady sitting in front of them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one of the men say the following: 

Martin Luther King: Masterful Listener

As we remember the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace prize laureate Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday, his "I have a dream" oratory still rings in our ears. But few of us know that King was also a consummate listener; and that in fact his speech made history only once he let go of his scripted remarks, allowed himself to "listen to the listening," and gave voice to his audience's innermost desires. That makes for transcendent leadership.