Ask not what QR codes can do for you; ask what you can do for others using QR codes.

A UK-based creative company isn’t using custom-designed QR codes to sell products or promote its services. Instead, it’s using the scanable codes to gift others with music.
The company, called Stupid Creative, takes one-of-a-kind QR codes and prints [...]

Almost everyone loves the story of the tortoise and the hare. It’s a classic.
I hate it!
It’s too limiting.
If everyone thinks of themselves at the tortoise, nothing would get done. Yes, I understand the story’s concept. If you stick with something you’ll win the marathon in the end.
The rabbit has the superpower of speed and that’s great, but [...]

But it’s not your fault. The human brain isn’t very good at not eating as much food as possible. So when companies give you so much food, you’re going to gorge yourself. Time for some lessons in proper portions.
People are greedy little animals. With thousands of years of evolutionary memory of times of near-starvation, our [...]

A pickle-flavored lip balm promotion is so spot-on that the end buyer adds the product to its line.
In a world of one-off product campaigns and here-today-gone-tomorrow promotions, it’s a nice surprise when a product promotion becomes a regular order on which you can rely.
Last summer, Van Holten’s, a Waterloo, Wisconsin-based pickle manufacturer whose pickles in [...]

Each week I travel the country speaking to groups of leaders at meeting and conferences. No matter where I go I’m asked the same question time and again by leaders ranging from frontline managers to CEOs , “How can I motivate my employees?” I’ve heard this question repeated thousands of times. However, what the person [...]

A New Year.  New possibilities.  New commitments.  New resolutions.  Celebrations and customs may vary around the world, but in most places, New Year’s Eve is one of the biggest party days of the year.  For many, simply spending the night with close friends and family is the best way to celebrate.  While it’s certainly a [...]

Odds are, most of your New Year's resolutions will probably fail. Sad, but true.

On January 1, you'll promise to keep your desk clean for the rest of the year. But by the end of the week, you won't be able to find your cell phone, which happens to be under some e-mails you printed out [...]

Christmas is a great period mostly because of the revelry, the feasts, good company and best of all the time off from work. There are many things that most people will know about Christmas; these are the more conventional Christmas associations including Santa, the Nativity story, the star of Bethlehem et al. However, there are [...]

Going to the company office holiday party this year? You can take advantage of the office party to have some fun and advance your career or misbehave and cripple your career. Here are some basic rules to survive and thrive at any company-sponsored party.

Do remember that although office parties are intended as social events to reward employees and raise morale, they remain strictly [...]

The Creation of Halloween Traditions
By Susan M. Heathfield

Traditions are important in companies just as they are in families. And, Halloween is one of the best holiday traditions to establish and to celebrate at work.
Halloween has climbed right up the holiday charts and is now the second most popular holiday, second only to Christmas, so it's popular with [...]