News
Octocopters?
By Greg Besinger via WSJ
I personally do not like to think about my packages being flown through the air by a drone but Amazon shocked us all by announcing their R&D project, "Prime Air" which could potentially deliver packages weighing up to 5 pounds (which make up 86% of the company's deliveries) via drones in the next 5 years. I will wait until then to purchase my Nerf rocket.
Antisocial Apple Buys a Social Company
By Brian X. Chen via NYT
Apple will not however be social with the reason they purchased Topsy Labs, a social media analytics company, or how much they paid. The company has analyzed the half billion messages sent over Twitter, indexed every tweet every sent, and has made them searchable. There must be something in there Apple wants.
RBS Admits Decades of IT Neglect After Systems Crash
By Steve Slater via Reuters
Ooh, and on Cyber Monday, ouch. For 3 hours on Cyber Monday, a system crash left more than 1 million customers unable to withdraw cash or pay for goods.
Articles
Tis the Season to Ramp Up Your Job Search
By Sharon Florentine via CIO
Holiday events equal networking opportunities. If you think you might be in the market for a new job next year, you might want to pass on the last egg nog and have a meaningful conversation about your career instead.
5 Ways to Turbocharge Innovation
By Kate Vitasec via Information Week
Is the need for consensus holding us back? Kate writes that innovation, "starts with fostering "creative conflict," whereby organizations bring cognitive confrontation to the forefront when discussing ideas and innovation opportunities." Face the elephant head on.
How Diversity Delivers on ROI, Employee Engagement
By Dennis McCafferty via CIO Insight
"A diverse workforce produces competitive advantages for a company including a variety of points of view and higher-performing teams." This is especially true for companies expanding into global markets. This article includes a slideshow that offers four best practices for increasing diversity in your workplace.
Inspiration
Inside Entrepreneurs' Home Offices
Via Forbes
I am always looking for ways to improve my home office, though I am not quite sure I am ready to put a shower in the middle of it so that I can launch out of bed to start work. This 6 page slideshow shows some creative ways entrepreneurs are approaching their workspace.
