Robert Story – Productivity

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Bangalore latest Indian city to dump English name – USATODAY.com
NEW DELHI — Bangalore, India’s high-tech capital, is getting a new name. The Indian state of Karnataka plans to announce Nov. 1 that its state capital will become Bengaluru, the city’s name in Kannada, the local language.
The change, which won’t be official until the [...]

Just about every company has some kind of organizational structure that divides people into departments or business functions or geographic units, or all of the above.
As much as businesses need these structural divisions to organize work, information and ideas have to flow across them. Only then can people make informed tradeoffs and decisions, and keep [...]

Leading Ideas: Don’t Let Talk Parade as Action
Doug takes a moment to talk about something that many people are guilty of: Reading something great….and doing nothing different.“Consider This:
It’s subtle and pervasive in many corporate cultures. Talk substituting for action. I’ve often found a frequent offender to be the manager who’s gung-ho about a new management [...]

Oracle to acquire MetaSolv | CNET News.com
Oracle on Monday announced plans to pay $219 million for MetaSolv Software, which specializes in serving the telecommunications business.
MetaSolv develops software designed to automate the process of ordering and activating service for wireless, wired and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers. The company also offers software [...]

Profitable growth is the No. 1 business imperative today. But the need for companies to grow, and all the media and leadership attention it attracts, shouldn’t obscure an equally important need — your own personal need to grow.
In fact, for knowledge workers and leaders there’s no more important question than “Is my personal growth in [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors will now play basketball in ‘the Oracle’ after business software maker Oracle said on Friday it signed a 10-year naming rights agreement with the NBA team.
The deal to rename the Arena in Oakland also includes additional exclusive team sponsorship elements with the club. Financial terms were not released [...]

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.
All disciplines affect each other. Mistakenly the man says, “This is the only area where I let down.” Not true. Every [...]

Time Management for Managers
“Have you ever wondered how some extremely successful people not only get it all done, but also have time for vacations, trips and golf?” says Kathy Gillen, president of executive coaching company The Gillen Group in Elk River, Minnesota. “It’s because they have managed a way to figure out how to [...]

The long tail lives: Universal sells 250,000 out-of-print tracks
All hail the long tail—Universal has just announced the first results from its own experiment with making niche products available online, and it turns out that the strategy works. This is excellent news for groups like Fairport Convention and Eddie & the Hot Rods, but [...]