Wed.May 28, 2025

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Just the right length

Seth's Blog

Pop songs are 200 seconds long because the mechanical properties of 78 and 45 rpm records can deliver one song with decent fidelity of that length. They can’t handle ten minutes, and one minute is too short to charge for. The number of books carried by a local bookstore was the right amount to balance paying the rent and satisfying most customers.

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What Coaches Can Learn from The Autism Mums Podcast

The Coaching Blog

by Victoria Bennion and Natalie Tealdi Victoria Bennion and Natalie Tealdi, two sisters raising autistic children, recently launched The Autism Mums Podcast with the aim of supporting parents and carers navigating the challenges of raising autistic children. Their lived experience offers valuable insight not just for fellow parents and carers but also for coaches.

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Business and the new world of water: A talk with Ecolab CEO Christophe Beck

McKinsey

The head of the global water and hygiene company says that businesses can help solve the global water crisis if they engineer water circularity into their processes.

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The 7 Truths of the EOS Data Component & How to Embed Them in Your Business

EOS Worldwide

When you live these seven beliefs exactly as written in pages 4143 of Data, your company goes from flying blind to predictive autopilot. The Tale of Two Service Firms Picture.

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Interactive Webinar: Recurring Giving Events That Keep on Giving

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement

There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how

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Building a destination for pet parents: Views from Chewy’s Sumit Singh

McKinsey

Chewy CEO Sumit Singh shares how relentless innovation and a customer-first mindset transformed a start-up into one of Americas largest and most trusted pet retailers.

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Gut Feel vs. Hard Facts: Upgrading Intuition with Evidence in 30 Days

EOS Worldwide

Keep your entrepreneurial instinct, just back it with numbers you can trust. The Hunch That Saved $220K (and the One That Didnt) Ethan and Maya both run 60-person software firms.

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Bridging the Gap Between Financial Literacy and Strategic Decision-Making

Harvard Professional Development

The term financial literacy has become a business buzzword, peppering conversations in boardrooms, all-hands calls, and one-on-ones across industries. Financial literacy typically refers to basic financial understanding knowing what finance terms mean and how to use them. But when managers and executives encourage their teams to have greater financial understanding, theyre looking for something very different.

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Dairy industry executives are pressured but optimistic for 2025

McKinsey

Amid rising consumer interest and growing concerns about cost, priorities are shifting in the US dairy industry. Find out what we uncovered from our seventh annual survey of dairy executives.

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What Workwear Mistakes Should Interns Avoid?

Corporette

What do you think are mistakes for workwear — if you're a summer associate, intern, or new hire? I saw an article titled something like “5 workwear mistakes your boss always notices,” and thought it might be an interesting discussion here, especially since we haven't had the discussion about what not to wear as a summer intern in a loooong time (2011!).

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Twelve interventions that can unlock public sector productivity

McKinsey

Public sector organizations that are challenged to do more with less can learn from 12 interventions that have had a transformative impact on government productivity around the world.

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AI in HR: 20+ Prompts to Use Now

AI is reshaping the business landscape, including HR. This guide is designed to help you understand and implement AI effectively for tangible benefits and a more strategic approach. Learn how to: Automate routine tasks Boost data insights Enhance employee experiences Drive HR’s strategic value Download the guide today!

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Startup vs Franchise: Which Is The Better Venture For You?

She Owns Success

Startups and franchises are two different routes available if youre considering starting a business. A startup involves building a business from scratch, whereas a franchise involves buying the rights to run a company under an existing brand. Both have their pros and cons. To help you decide which route might be best for you, in this post, we compare the two types of ventures and explore their pros and cons.

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How B2B winners across energy and materials keep growing

McKinsey

Our ninth annual B2B Pulse Purvey reveals how five truths about success in B2B sales are experienced across energy and materials companies.

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Why Commercial Christmas Decorations Are a Smart Branding Investment

She Owns Success

The holiday season brings with it some much-needed change of vibes. Despite the cloudy weather, there is plenty of greenery in the scenery, thanks to commercial Christmas decorations. There is music, there are people, theyre alive and happy. It is truly a joyous time. Customers want this happy-go-lucky vibe to sustain and seep into every aspect of their lives.

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The Case for Ambition

Your Work, Your Way

Jeff DeGraff Ph.D., writing for Psychology Today , says that somewhere along the way, ambition turned from a virtue to a vice. Once a cornerstone of the American ethossynonymous with self-reliance, upward mobility, and personal agencyambition is now more often associated with selfishness, power-hunger, or hollow striving. Were suspicious of those who want too much, push too hard, or dream too big.

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The Memory Edge: Outlearn, Outperform, Outlast

Speaker: Chester Santos

Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform