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Ambiverts win - Daniel Pink at World Innovation Forum.

CEO Blog

But 2013 we still have 1 in 9. Extroverts are more likely to go into sales but there is almost no correlation between sales success and extroversion. Interestingly, I am near the middle of the scale when I do the Meyers Briggs test - just like most people are). "Management consultants get paid by the syllable.

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Morning Advantage: Stick to Your Resolutions by Disrupting Your Environment

Harvard Business Review

This insight started, strangely, with a study into why Vietnam veterans who were addicted to heroin during the war had such success overcoming their addictions after treatment and returning to the U.S. Ten Stats That Will Change the Way You Look At Video in 2013 (Ad Age). Saying you're going to change something in the New Year is easy.

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Apple: Luxury Brand or Mass Marketer?

Harvard Business Review

Tech blogger John Gruber and The Atlantic’s Robinson Meyer both expressed concern recently about Apple abandoning middle class roots. Meyer writes: So far, Apple has been a company focused on the mainstream, on the mass consumer, in an era where the most reliable profits could be found in the luxury market.