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The High Speed Lane

Alan Weiss

The belief and self-talk that you are helping and offering value to others, rather than “selling” and being intrusive during hard times, is the key to comfortably making such calls. The offer to merely help, without talking about “projects” or methodology or fees, stimulates a substantive conversation.

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Unintended Consequences

Alan Weiss

When I visit any “big box” store that has self-checkout lanes, I find several store employees… helping people checkout, and often doing it for them. The lines move more slowly than the conventional cashier lines, and the staffing seems the same! ”

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High Performance Cultures: What every organization can learn from Ferrari, Bentley, and Lamborghini

Claris Consulting

High performance cars are similar to high performance cultures. In my book, 7 Principles of Transformational Leadership I outlined that driving a culture that is the equivalent of a finely tuned sports car requires embracing five high performance mindset shifts. High performance cultures are hand built. They are: 1.

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Tesla Offers Hands-Free Pedal-Free High-Speed Driving Now

MishTalk

Please consider Tesla Adds High-Speed Autonomous Driving to Its Bag of Tricks. Autopilot is not free (the download costs $2,500), and it is not yet perfected (clear lane markings are needed, and bad weather can affect its abilities), but it works remarkably well under normal circumstances. And it’s perfectly legal.

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Driverless technology: a soon-to-be reality?

Tom Spencer

The advantages of collaborating are clear: it reduces costs, lowers risk and allows carmakers to share in the expertise already gathered by these tech firms, all of which speeds up the time it takes to bring products to market. Flash forward over 30 years, much of the tech that the film predicted has come true.

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Net Neutrality Rules Will Make Winners and Losers Out of Businesses

Harvard Business

Some ISPs proposed another way to raise revenue, charging content providers for a “fast lane” that would give priority to their content and ensure faster delivery to the end user. The internet is woven into the fabric of how businesses run and how we live our lives. Somebody had to pay for it and manage the infrastructure.

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What Data on Formula One Crashes Suggests About Workplace Rivalries

Harvard Business

It’s not that a driver makes an unforced error at breakneck speed; it’s that two drivers, locked in one-on-one opposition, goad each other into increasingly reckless moves. Is there a colleague whose name is constantly mentioned in the same breath as yours? Your polite smile notwithstanding, probably not good.

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