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Forget the Job Interview, Play a Video Game

Jamie Notter

As the article states at the beginning, this is kind of the message that Brad Pitt’s character was bringing to the Oakland A’s organization in the movie, Moneyball. HR needs innovation desperately, so by all means let’s experiment! So what do we do instead? Play video games!

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth Kanter

I also use it as a year in review tool. Year in Review. Our book tour starts at the end of January, so if you are in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, NYC, or Washington, DC, please join us. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.”

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Big Data: Big Headache or Big Opportunity for Associations?

Association Adviser

As best-selling author and product innovation expert Tony Ulwick explained at last week’s Innova-Con 2014 conference in New York, don’t ask customers or members what they want in a product, ask them what types of “jobs” they need to have done better. Think before you ask. ” Benefits of research.

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