Rana Florida conversations with successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders about how they manage their businesses, relationships, their careers and more. This week’s conversation is with President Bill Clinton.
adminAugust 5, 2013
It’s amazing that some offices have pingpong tables and pet friendly policies, but have done so little to support working mothers, writes the CEO of Creative Class Group, Rana Florida.
adminJuly 30, 2013
Don’t disappoint your family or friends by getting stuck in the office. Here are some tips to ensure you get to take your vacation on your schedule.
adminJuly 10, 2013
An astounding 70 percent of employees are not engaged or inspired by their work. Clearly management bears a large part of the blame. In my upcoming book Upgrade (McGraw-Hill, September, 2013), I write about business’s leadership crisis. The traditional top-down approach, in which the boss sits at the top of the pyramid and orders the underlings to work harder, is no longer flying.
adminJune 25, 2013
With smartphones, people can snap a #Selfie and share it with their network of friends or followers in an instant. With Facebook, Instagram, PicMonkey, Twitpic, TumblrPic and Pic Stitch everyone can be their own photographer, artistic director, and graphic designer, choosing the desired filter and crop, adding text, icons, and Emojicons. Everyone is curating their own content.
adminJune 17, 2013
To get a leg up on the competition, here are ten job hunting tips for college graduates to ensure a successful career launch.
adminMay 13, 2013
Rana Florida interviews Robert Hammond, co-founder of the non-profit Friends of the High Line with its goals at first to save the elevated railway, then to transform it into a vibrant public space in NY.
adminMay 8, 2013
Thirty-seven million Americans at 3.5 million workplaces will participate in the 20-year tradition of Take Your Kids to Work Day this Thursday. The goal of the day is not to transform the workplace into a circus or a playground, but to get children interested in what the workplace really is.
adminApril 26, 2013
Many employers spend millions of dollars to upgrade their technology and software but skimp when it comes to providing their employees with formal skills development, apprenticeships, on-the-job learning, ongoing education, and other programs. They’re making a big mistake.
adminApril 10, 2013
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s recent decree abolishing telecommuting is a gigantic step backward at an important time for women.
adminFebruary 26, 2013