By Bill Adams January 18, 2024 Retirement just isn’t what it used to be. Many executives 65 and older are choosing to work for longer—and they are being asked to stay. One reason executives are being asked to delay retirement is because companies are afraid of change and they are ill-prepared for change. Retirement-aged … Continue reading Too many leaders fear their younger coworkers. Here’s what they should do instead
Agencies Fear Missing AI Adoption by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, December 6, 2023 Agencies refuse to be left behind in the artificial intelligence (AI) frenzy. Many expect the AI-driven savings to more than double year-over-year (YoY), increasing by 134% in 2024. About 25% of larger agencies with more than 100 employees expect more than … Continue reading Agencies Fear Missing AI Adoption
Unredacted documents in the FTC’s Amazon lawsuit shed light on the company’s secret price-gouging algorithm “Project Nessie” is a series of algorithms that Amazon allegedly used to raise prices by over $1 billion in just two years. Stephanie Barnes Updated Fri, Nov 3, 2023 ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP It looks like Amazon is hellbent … Continue reading Amazon knows its policies force sellers to ‘live in constant fear’
By Yonason Goldson July 16, 2023 Look before you leap. You can’t be too careful. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Yes, it’s a dangerous world out there, and there are many good reasons to be afraid. So many, in fact, that we have an encyclopedia of conditions associated with fear. Arachnophobia is … Continue reading Try this strategy to conquer the fear of fear itself
Liz Kislik December 8, 2021 Even the most collaborative, synergistic teams and relationships can be motivated by fear. This fear could be that someone might say or do something to disrupt or offend someone else; that someone may act in error; or that not all of the team’s efforts will be successful, recognized, or … Continue reading Make Collaboration Easier by Eliminating the Fear of Threat
Daniel Burrus September 3, 2021 In a classroom at every Ivy League business school, there is a professor stressing to their Business 101 students that a business is “never too big to fail.” This has been the go-to generalization tagged to some of the most astoundingly catastrophic company failures of all time, including but not … Continue reading Rather Than Fear Disruption, Embrace It As A Viable Strategy
Aysel Safarova August 16, 2021 FOMO defined What is FOMO? And why is it so important? Well, it’s one of the most popular syndromes of the 21st century – the fear of missing out. More than half of social media users are experiencing FOMO. They are continuously afraid of missing something – an event, news, … Continue reading Wanted: FOMO. “Fear of Missing Out” Keeps Killing Productivity
Don’t Fear Negative Reviews by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 14, 2021 Data released Monday as part of a PowerReviews survey of more than 6,500 consumers surveyed in April shows negative reviews are an important tool for shoppers because they demonstrate to consumers that a brand can and will make things right. The study found that: … Continue reading Don’t Fear Negative Reviews
Lacy Boggs April 15, 2021 I remember reading some writing advice once (though I cannot remember who said it — ping me if you know) that said: when writing you should aim to make yourself laugh, make yourself cry, make yourself feel something, and you’ll make your reader feel that, too. It’s good advice. But … Continue reading Facing the Fear of Thought Leadership
Ramon Nuez October 6, 2020 The author Jim Zabloski writes, “Contrary to popular belief, I consider failure a necessity in business. If you’re not failing at least five times a day, you’re probably not doing enough. The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you … Continue reading Fear Is Paralyzing, but Will the Cost of Inaction Derail Your Success?
