I have decades of experience writing about tech, business, and personal finance for a variety of pubs and sites. I'm also president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (www.asja.org).
Listening to Complainers Is Bad for Your Brain
Exposure to nonstop negativity actually impairs brain function. Here's how to defend yourself....
5 Things I Learned From Tracking My Time for a Month
Are you really getting all you can from a day's work? Probably not. Here's how to find out for sure....
Channel Conflicts
Channel conflicts arise when a new venue for selling products - such as the Web for selling goods or services...
The new rules for enterprise apps
To be successful today, enterprise software must be more user-friendly, get updated more often, and offer users outside your company...
Should CIOs have a foreign policy?
How CIOs can monitor foreign risks, such as political unrest and natural disasters, and develop contingency plans to keep employees...
How to recruit the best executive sponsor for an IT project
Every big project needs a high-ranking exec with a stake in the game and solid connections within the organization. Here's...
How to prevent IT department overload
Managing the flow of an infinite supply of worthwhile projects through a finite IT operation takes finesse. Here's how to...
Is your outsourcer agile enough?
Companies that want to create user-friendly, transparent, quickly evolving enterprise apps are often hindered in their ability to do so...
How to prevent IT department overload
Managing the flow of an infinite supply of worthwhile projects through a finite IT operation takes finesse. Here's how to...
4 Tools That Make Social Media (Almost) Painless
They'll boost your social media marketing reach--with little to no extra effort required....
One Tough Thing All Great Leaders Do
It's not a very easy thing to do--but it's the most powerful leadership tool at your disposal....
Why Employees Aren't Telling You the Truth
Feel like you're always the last one to know about problems in the company? You're at least partly to blame....
6 Signs You're Failing to Put Your Customers First
While you paid attention to running your business day-to-day, your focus on customers may have slipped. Here's how to get...
Want Customers to Love Your Product? Let Them Design It
Image-editing app PicsArt got to 60 million downloads by letting user input determine what its features should be....
4 Inspiring Lessons From Diana Nyad's Historic Swim
On her fifth try, 64-year-old Diana Nyad swam 110 miles from Havana to Key West. We can all learn from...