The Ten Most Annoying Management Terms Of 2011

We are nearly at the end of 2011 and another year of mayhem behind. We will be judging our 2011 Non-Predictions and trying to dream up some new ones for 2012 in the next fortnight or so but this week we have been able to get some long needed admin done....

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HEAL Cities Campaign Supports Healthy Communities

Obesity and related diseases take a dire toll on cities, threatening the health of their most vulnerable populations — including children and youth — while at the same time draining city coffers. California cities participating in the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Cities Campaign are putting land use, economic development and employee wellness policies in place to change that. ...

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How Cities Are Blowing It: New Research Reveals Three Failures

Smart Grid News founding editor Jesse Berst summarizes a recent report, “Information Marketplaces, The New Economics of Cities,” that describes business opportunities cities are passing up by not fully utilizing the data that pours out of their smart infrastructure...

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The Green & Automated City Concept is Boring, Did I say boring?

The first tweet that caught my eye at the Barcelona Smart City Expo on Tuesday was: "At the Smart City Expo. 30 minutes and bored already."  ...

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Can We Make the Cities Any Smarter?

Many of the world’s largest cities from London and New York City to Rio de Janeiro and Abu Dhabi have recently launched ambitious sustainability initiatives structured around various information and communications technologies. In large part, these initiatives will only achieve their policy goals if the various stakeholders involved can figure out how to translate a deluge of data about the use and abuse of energy into cost savings and carbon emissions reduction...

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Tech Firm Implements Employee ‘Zero Email’ Policy

You’ve got mail–not. Employees of tech company Atos will be banned from sending emails under the company’s new “zero email” policy. ...

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9 Things That Motivate Employees More Than Money

The ability to motivate employees is one of the greatest skills an entrepreneur can possess. Two years ago, I realized I didn't have this skill. So I hired a CEO who did....

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Smart cities – easier said than done

CITIES have always been engines of growth and development. However, this has only been widely recognised in the last two decades or so. It may be useful to recall that in the 1970s and 1980s, Marxist scholars saw cities as "theatres of accumulation" where capitalists exploited workers. ...

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Barcelona to become the capital of smart cities

22@Barcelona The Catalan capital is becoming an international reference point among smart cities, which use technology to make the urban environment better to live i...

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Stop Competing to Be the Best

With Cyber Monday, the tablet wars kicked into full swing. Which one is the best? Is it the iPad? The Kindle? Who has the best technology? The best distribution? Who's the best overall? For most people, "being the best" is what competition is all abou...

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Arab Future Cities Summit to be held in Doha Qatar in April 2012

The Arab Future Cities Summit is an international gathering of city leaders, Government officials, city developers, academicians and urban service providers and city development experts to share strategies, insights and best practices to implement a smart and sustainable future for the cities of tomorrow. It gives a direction in urban planning and development with an emphasis on effective utilization of resources. ...

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Spending on Building Energy Efficiency to Boom in Next 5 Years

As we've been saying for many years at GreenBiz.com, building energy efficiency may not be sexy, but it is big business. According to a recent report, it's going to get a whole lot bigger....

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Energy efficiency, regulations to drive HVAC demand

Demand in the U.S. for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment is projected to increase 5.1 percent annually to $16.8 billion in 2015, according to a study just released by The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based market research firm....

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Smart cities should be for all

As the global population grows, how can new technologies be used to ensure our urban areas become more sustainable and better places to live for all members of societ...

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Self-Powered Cyber-Bug Sensors

Researchers are crafting self-powered sensors for installation in insect cyborgs, enabling them to perform surveillance, monitor hazardous environments and assist first-responders in search-and-rescue missions....

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A better use for your mobile "Mobile App Could Save Burn Victims' Lives"

From speeding up transportation to improving communication, mobile applications are being used for a lot more than just email and games—but saving lives? Now there’s an application for that, too. A new mobile tool quickly provides critical calculations for the life-saving treatment of burn victims...

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How Leaders Create and Use Networks, I say Leaders

When Henrik Balmer became the production manager and a board member of a newly bought-out cosmetics firm, improving his network was the last thing on his mind. The main problem he faced was time: Where would he find the hours to guide his team through a major upgrade of the production process and then think about strategic issues like expanding the business?...

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Expanded spheres of influence, how to network effectively

When Simon Rabin, the co-founder of London-based mobile commerce business Txt2Buy, set up the company in 2008, he faced the same problem that confronts many aspiring entrepreneurs: how to obtain fundin...

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Getting Smart in the Suburbs of Tokyo

TOKYO — Introducing plans for Japan’s first smart city to be built “from scratch” in May could not have been better timed for Panasonic, the driving force behind the project to build an eco-savvy town in a Tokyo suburb by 2013...

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How Apple Can Keep Control of the Tablet Market

Amazon's Kindle Fire might provoke Apple to develop a 7-inch iPad retailing for no more than $299 and backed by a content ecosystem that’s second to n...

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Five Charts that Changed Business

Once in a while, a chart so deftly captures an important strategic insight that it becomes an iconic part of management thinking and a tool that shows up in MBA classrooms and corporate boardrooms for years to come. As HBR prepares for its 90th anniversary, in 2012, our editors have combed the magazine archives and other sources to select five charts that changed the shape of strategy. What did we miss? Nominate more charts in the comment...

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The Unemployment Playbook: Stay Relevant

If you've recently joined the growing number of unemployed Americans, you're entitled to a few days of moping. But don't dither away too long. Soon you'll need to brush the dirt off your shoulders and put some fresh shine on your personal brand...

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Operators angered by Apple mistreatment, so what :)

Mobile operators across the world are angered by the way Apple treats them, and are hoping Nokia can help curb the firm’s stronghold in the smartphone space, according to industry consultant Bengt Nordström....

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Blackberry, the new PALM, or maybe, worse

Twelve years ago, Research in Motion revolutionized gadgetry with the launch of the BlackBerry. Now, having been leapfrogged by Apple and Android, the company remains on track to become the new Palm. ...

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