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Nazi past overshadows genius behind Porsche, VW Beetle; “Porsche had no choice. Hitler chose him and if Porsche had refused, he would have ended up in a concentration camp and never achieved anything.”

Nazi past overshadows genius behind Porsche, VW Beetle
Monday, March 24, 2014
By Jan Flemr, AFP

VRATISLAVICE , Czech Republic–The name Porsche has long made sports car enthusiasts swoon, but the Nazi past of the famous brand’s founder has left his Czech hometown sorely divided over his legacy. Read more of this post

If bosses can’t see you, they think you are not working

Fiona Smith Columnist

If bosses can’t see you, they think you are not working

Published 24 March 2014 11:25, Updated 24 March 2014 13:10

Ask any visiting business identity about Australia’s reputation as a place to work and one of the first things they will mention – usually in admiring tones – is the way we have got our work-life balance sorted. Read more of this post

How to make the toughest start-up transition: from projects to processes

How to make the toughest start-up transition: from projects to processes

Published 24 March 2014 11:41, Updated 24 March 2014 13:08

Derek Lidow

“Why would I change my leadership style when it’s helped us establish a real beachhead in our market?”

These are the famous last words of many entrepreneurs. Failing to realise that critical transition points in the growth of an enterprise require leaders to shift emphasis, they blindly stick with what has worked so far. Ultimately this failure to understand the demands of change can lead to the failure of the company itself. Read more of this post

How telco entrepreneur Michael Malone made up his mind to quit iiNet; iiNet founder Michael Malone says he faces a “long, dark road”

How telco entrepreneur Michael Malone made up his mind to quit iiNet

Published 24 March 2014 10:09, Updated 24 March 2014 10:10

David Ramli

iiNet founder Michael Malone says he faces a “long, dark road”. Photo: Bohdan Warchomij

In the crowded corner of a fashionable Sydney watering hole, between moonshine martinis and 1930’s jazz, iiNet’s founder and chief executive was characteristically frank in his review of bosses that leave their post. Read more of this post

At Airports, a Misplaced Faith in Body Language

At Airports, a Misplaced Faith in Body Language

By JOHN TIERNEYMARCH 23, 2014

Like the rest of us, airport security screeners like to think they can read body language. The Transportation Security Administration has spent some $1 billion training thousands of “behavior detection officers” to look for facial expressions and other nonverbal clues that would identify terrorists. Read more of this post

When the Scientist Is Also a Philosopher

When the Scientist Is Also a Philosopher

MARCH 22, 2014

Economic View

By N. GREGORY MANKIW

Do you want to know a dirty little secret of economists who give policy advice? When we do so, we are often speaking not just as economic scientists, but also as political philosophers. Our recommendations are based not only on our understanding of how the world works, but also on our judgments about what makes a good society. Read more of this post

L’Oreal was created 105 years ago, in 1909 in Paris by Eugene Schueller. Its first business was selling coloration directly to Parisian hairdressers. That is why the hairdressers and the hair industry were at the heart of L’Oreal

Posted : 2014-03-23 13:46

Updated : 2014-03-23 19:19

L’Oreal to boost hairdressing as growth engine

By Sebastien Emond
L’Oreal was created 105 years ago, in 1909 in Paris by Eugene Schueller. Its first business was selling coloration directly to Parisian hairdressers. That is why, from the beginning, the hairdressers and the hair industry were at the heart of L’Oreal. Read more of this post

‘Culture creation’ often easier than it looks; the concept of “bunkazukuri,” or “culture creation”

‘Culture creation’ often easier than it looks

BY ERIC JOHNSTON

STAFF WRITER

MAR 23, 2014

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Being laughed at can help your Japanese evolve

Being laughed at can help your Japanese evolve

BY DANIEL MORALES

SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES

MAR 23, 2014

Students of Japanese are often Japanese-as-a-second-language (JSL) cavemen. JSL cavemen live a mostly pleasant existence of blissful ignorance, using a devolved form of the language as best they can. However, JSL cavemen are not total ignoramuses — their thick hide can be penetrated by awkward social encounters, notably by laughter. Read more of this post

The innovators: Britain’s economic future relies on seeking out the new

The innovators: Britain’s economic future relies on seeking out the new

Introducing a new weekly column that will showcase innovation – and the key role it plays in business success

Birgitte Andersen

The Guardian, Monday 10 March 2014

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Sugru, the new wonder material: ‘I made a thing like wood, but it bounced’; How odd experiment led to creation of product that has been compared with Blu-Tack and Sellotape in terms of significance

Sugru, the new wonder material: ‘I made a thing like wood, but it bounced’

How odd experiment led to creation of product that has been compared with Blu-Tack and Sellotape in terms of significance

The Guardian, Sunday 16 March 2014 18.40 GMT

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