Blawg Review 287

by | Writing

Welcome to this week’s Blawg Review. For the unaware, this past week was National Freedom of Speech Week. “In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and...

Blawg Review #287 Here Monday

by | Writing

So I’ll be hosting Blawg Review again this upcoming Monday. If any readers know of any notable legal related posts (their own or others / blawgs or just another blog touching on interesting legal matters) from the past week or so, please either leave them in the...

Organize Dissent

by | Management

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., famed chairman of General Motors in its heyday, has been attributed with saying the following at a top committee meeting: ‘Gentlemen, I take it we are all in complete agreement on the decision here.’ Everyone around the table nodded...

How to Prime Insight

by | Research

Interesting piece on on how to trick oneself into creativity over at Psycasm. I thought the best bit was below: In a seperate papar, Chrysikou (2006), looked at how best to train insight. It seems (from my understanding of the paper) that some simple...

Every Word Matters

by | Writing

Consider the following: (1) Sally hates Mary. a. How likely is this because Sally is the kind of person who hates people? b. How likely is this because Mary is the kind of person whom people hate? Thus begins the start of a great post over at Games with Words. Sally...

Competing With Chinese Companies On Price

by | Business

Great entry today over at China Law Blog: There’s a story I often tell clients regarding China pricing. Co-blogger, Steve Dickinson, is a long time friend of a very successful Chinese factory owner in Shandong Province. Steve visited his friend at his factory...