Archive for 2010
The Job Market of the Future
August 31st, 2010 | post a comment
This week on Business Matters we’re looking beyond the figures about fluctuations in the unemployment rate to find out what’s really ahead for the job market. We’ll find out which jobs won’t be outsourced and learn the perspective of a human resources specialist on ways to improve your human capital in the job market. Also, [...]
The Dynamics of Change
August 24th, 2010 | post a comment
According to a study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, almost 75 percent of all programs of organizational change fail because they don’t create the necessary of support among their membership. This week on Business Matters, we examine the dynamics of change. We’ll be joined by a change management expert to explain the challenges of a leader trying [...]
Metacognition: Thinking About Thinking
August 18th, 2010 | post a comment
This week on Business Matters, we’ve invited science writer Jonah Lehrer to discuss the brain mechanics underlying decision-making. We’ll talk about how too much information can sometimes make decisions more difficult, a condition he describes as “paralysis by analysis” in his recent book, “How We Decide.” We’ll also explore how one can improve on their [...]
The Business of Net Neutrality
August 11th, 2010 | post a comment
This week on Business Matters, we explore how the debate over prioritizing of internet bandwidth could shift the future of the internet from its largely free and open roots. Google and Verizon have just announced a policy framework which includes a re-definition of network neutrality that risks leading to increased corporate power and decreased consumer [...]
Women in Charge
August 4th, 2010 | post a comment
This week on Business Matters we explore how women have gradually but steadily become a majority of the workforce. Partly, it’s been accentuated by the ongoing recession as traditionally male-dominated sectors contract. While women are already a slight majority in managerial and professional jobs, only 2 growth industries (janitorial and computer engineer) are still [...]
How the Internet is Taking Over our Minds
July 28th, 2010 | post a comment
This week on Business Matters we’re exploring the ways that the saturation of technology is changing our very nature. We’ll find out how our minds are being shaped by our changing relationship with information and what the evolutionary implications for the future will be. We’ll find out if the internet is shortening out attention [...]
The Future of the Tech “Big Three”
July 16th, 2010 | post a comment
This week on Business Matters, we will explore the future of the “Big Three” in the consumer technology arena. Apple and Microsoft have been dueling over software and hardware for decades, but Google is the new kid on the block. This week we’ll ask Matt Burns, News Editor of TechCrunch to help us understand [...]
Violence in the Media
July 9th, 2010 | post a comment
Periodically our attention is brought to the possible impact of media violence on the behaviors in society. This usually happens when there has been some human tragedy such as Columbine or Virginia Tech. Then we are searching for answers and we then wonder if violence in the media isn’t a contributor to the terrible situation. [...]
The Raw Milk Program
July 2nd, 2010 | post a comment
The power of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been focused on a national effort to ban the consumption of raw milk. This tireless effort has not been entirely successful. Today raw milk can be purchased at either the farm or retail in 28 states. Wisconsin has a bill currently winding its [...]
The Accountability of Business
June 25th, 2010 | post a comment
This week on Business Matters, find out if accountability is possible in world of complexity and political expediency. When you talk to people, they wholeheartedly want accountability. When you ask if they want it in their own workplace, they begin to worry if it is just another way to be blamed when things [...]
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