OK, let’s start with a bit of media law: It is almost impossible to libel a public official, thanks to the protection of the First Amendment and Times v. Sullivan. Anyone who wants to win such a lawsuit not only has to prove he/she was defamed but that it was done with actual malice or [...]...

Today, Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel talks to one of the great voices in leadership studies, Frances Hesselbein about leadership, Peter Drucker and her new book, The Organization of the Future 2. Oh and sorry about the size of the file, don’t know what’s going on with that….. ...

One of the things that cancer has done for me so far is give me a new understanding of weakness.  Over the last few years there has been a "grace revival" in the church through influences such as Tim Keller, Sonship, Scotty Smith, Jerry Bridges, Steve Brown and others. And one of the things that al...

Getting the jump on your competition is as simple as knowing what your customers want. If so, empathy, not just innovation, is crucial to success. Comparing the success of two Microsoft products, Xbox and Zune, Business Week's piece "Empathy is Growth" nails one key difference between unsuccessful a...

Will the stimulus package really create 21st Century jobs and transform our economy?...

I’m sure by now you know about twitter extended backgrounds, as some call it but do you know how they became a trend and a business model to some? Well here’s a brief history lesson and a list of sites if you want to “pimp” out or band your twitter background. Early June 2008...

Public relations professional, Founder and CEO of RLMpr and author of the thought provoking book 2011: Trendspotting For The Next Decade , Richard Laermer gazes into the crystal ball and makes forecasts about business, social, entertainment, and technological trends over the next decade. He describe...

The Kindle e-reader app for iPhones gets good reviews and could become 'the iTunes for news' if Amazon keeps selling magazines into it....

Not content with hearing our Political Whore podcast? Here's a video clip from the taping session....

OK, file this in the good-to-know category: Calling 911 three times because you can’t get your Chicken McNuggets is AGAINST THE LAW! Of course, a Fort Pierce dumbass didn’t know that. She was so insistent on getting a refund after she was told the mattress-consistency faux chicken produc...