If accomplishment and generational talent were once prerequisites for fame, today business acumen, marketing skills and social media savvy are as much so if not more – a phenomenon that pervades all spheres of celebrity, from entertainment to politics.
Shutterstock Ten minutes deep into an employee-drive-by “got a minute?” meeting, a good leader begins to realize their employee is a liar. The ask of simply wanting a minute has now turned into 10 minutes of venting. Of course, the employee isn’t venting about her own performance, but criticizing the leader [...]
It is actually reasonably important, whether you are in favor of a minimum wage rise or against one, that you actually understand the arguments, the real arguments that is, that are being put forward, the actual facts underlying the debate.
The new "Star Wars: Rogue One" content for "Star Wars: Battlefront" is beautiful, dynamic but misses the mark in some key ways.
Unemployment in Saudi Arabia rose to 12.1% in the third quarter of this year, marking a four-year high.
If 2017 follows 2016's pattern, most of the biggest/buzziest movies of the year will be those opening outside of the summer season.
New startup video streaming platform Padlokt aims to bring bring fans closer to their idols than ever before.
Here comes Santa Claus...along with a pile of bills if you don't get your spending under control. Our 4-point plan shows you how.
(Kitco News) - Gold prices are just slightly lower in early U.S. trading Wednesday. The bulls are in desperate need of some fresh fundamental news that would be supportive for the safe-haven metal. Such news has been virtually non-existent the past few weeks, as world stock markets have rallied, including [...]
Scholars at the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center have identified 10 regulatory process reforms President-elect Trump could take toward achieving his promise to “reform the entire regulatory code to ensure that we keep jobs and wealth in America."
According to a poll of 700 startup founders and CEOs by First Round Capital, only 14 percent of companies have formal plans and policies to encourage inclusion and diversity in the workplace. This is one of the leading reasons that diversity expert and speaker Jennifer Brown wrote Inclusion: Diversity, The New [...]
Final Fantasy XV has a never-ending litany of sidequests, which are genuinely some of the worst the RPG genre has seen in years. They’re so shockingly dull, uncreative and repetitive, that they may make your interest wane in the game overall.
The tech giant still isn't talking about what its automotive plans -- and who is on its auto team.
On November 18, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that federal and state law preempted three county laws in Hawaii that put restrictions on commercial farmers’ planting of genetically-engineered seeds. I published a post here at Forbes.com on the oral arguments this summer. The decisions, Atay [...]
Good job numbers and other economic indicators, like nice Thanksgiving sales, and the prospect of tax cuts ahead are propelling the market into a Santa Claus rally. Here are the rally's inner workings revealed.
There are fewer 2017 I.I.H.S.Top Safety Pick+ winners due to headlights. When cars come with sophisticated safety features such as automatic emergency braking and some headlights swivel to see better around curves, why don't more headlights simply light up the roadway better without excessive glare?
Trump picks Pruitt for EPA to fight the wrong battle. Jobs will not come back to coal or gas industries as long as fracking keeps getting more efficient and cheaper. The real growth opportunity is in clean energy.
I’ve skated, but I’m no skateboarder. I grew up a hockey player, so I’m used to ice skates and roller blades on my feet. In fact, my parents bought me a skateboard for my 14th or 15th birthday. After trying it several times without success, I wound up demoting it [...]
Earlier this year, the world lost pop music icon Prince. He left behind an incredible legacy—but no instructions about how his estate should be handled after his passing. Prince died without a will, and it could take years for his family and the courts to sort out his posthumous affairs. A [...]
A recruiter moved to marketing. A sales executive started in marketing before moving to sales. A former client of mine moved from a creative function to HR. Here is a five-step process to successfully make a lateral move within your company:
Illustration by Nataly Sheveleva The role of the artist has always been one that is hard for me to answer. Could the world survive without artists or musicians? Or how about the poets and actors who are under the soul-binding spell of heated stage lights reciting lines and verses to a [...]
Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that Donald Trump is considering nominating venture capitalist and libertarian Jim O’Neill to head the Food and Drug Administration, and some in the pharmaceutical industry experienced an increasingly strong sense of nausea. O’Neill, works at Mithral Capital, the firm founded by Paypal and Facebook backer Peter Thiel. That [...]
As the holiday season nears, don't forget something for those who dream of space, the stars and the Universe beyond this world.
HR analytics enables HR to take the bias out of decision-making and instead apply sound principles that benefit the entire organization.
The Freemaker Adventures may not be quite Star Wars canon, but its sense of adventure is in the right place.
