How to Create Work Groups that Make Money and Drive Innovation

How to Create Work Groups that Make Money and Drive Innovation
Susan Lucia Annunzio, CEO of the Center for High Performance discusses the results of her company's ground breaking study : “The first thing we found out is that (high performance) is not about the leader,” Annunzio said. Instead, high performance requires a proper environment. Researchers discovered that the environment of these healthy cells is discernible, quantifiable, and holds particular attributes, which correlate to profitable growth. The absence of those attributes correlate to a lack of profit.

How Size Matters... in Negotiating

How Size Matters... in Negotiating
"Don't underestimate the size of your bargaining zone" "...most people would do better in negotiation by asking for more. Yet bargainers persist on making the same mistake again and again because it’s hard to learn that they would have done better by being more aggressive..."

Bill Gates Unplugged: On Software, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Giving Back - Video

February 20, 2008

The talk, titled “Bill Gates Unplugged: On Software, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Giving Back,” covered a variety of topics, including how Gates got interested in computers, where he sees technology heading and how Microsoft researchers collaborate with university researchers and others worldwide. Gates’ visit to the University of Chicago is part of a five-campus university tour, in which he is emphasizing the importance of digital innovation in driving the global economy. He also is addressing societal issues and the benefits afforded careers based in mathematics and science.

A video of this presentation is available in Quicktime format. From minute 5:02 to 13:45, you will watch a funny video of his potential last day at Microsoft in June. Really worth watching.