Why food is the next big thing in business

The Next Big Thing in Business: Food Steve Tobak, inc.com LAST WORD If you’re looking for a business, industry, or career to sink your teeth into, look no further than your next meal. 10 reasons the food industry is booming. You’d never know the econ­o­my is in a slump from the state of the food… … Continue reading Why food is the next big thing in business

Visualizing food lifespan

Put an End to Spoiled, Wasted Food with This Handy Chart Alan Henry, lifehacker.com The costs of wasted food go far beyond the money you may have wasted buying something and letting it spoil. We’ve talked about ways to stop wasting food before, but if all you really need to know is “How long will … Continue reading Visualizing food lifespan

Up to 50 Percent of All Food Produced is Thrown Away

Up to 50 Percent of All Food Produced is Thrown Away Tafline Laylin, inhabitat.com Researchers with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) has released their findings that between 30 to 50 percent of all food produced or up to two billion tons is thrown away each year. The UK-based group claims that over-cautious sell by… … Continue reading Up to 50 Percent of All Food Produced is Thrown Away

Management consultants must become anthropologists to get real data

Why Management Consultants Need To Make Apps, Take “Rep Rides,” And Study High-Selling Hair Farmers By David Zax, fastcompany.com To create real value, Bluewolf consultants shadow their clients’ representatives in the field. The results often involve mobile apps streamlining their work. The man­age­ment con­sult­ing indus­try has been much maligned in recent years. The… RT @FastCompany: … Continue reading Management consultants must become anthropologists to get real data

How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare

How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare Related articles Big Data To Become Powerful Driver Of IT Spending - Gartner (misco.co.uk) MIT Partners with hack/reduce to Bring Big Data to Healthcare (bostinno.com) New Report Shows How to Turn Big Data into Big Bucks (domo.com) Big Data Myths Persist (informationweek.com) Is Healthcare Big Data Ready For Prime … Continue reading How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare

How To Be A Happy And Successful Creative Freelancer

How To Be A Happy And Successful Creative Freelancer (Or Work With One) fastcocreate.com Freelancers share their best practices for being their own boss, and why you should so totally just do it. When talk­ing to cre­ative free­lancers, there’s one phrase that’s often repeat­ed: “I don’t mean to sound cheesy or cliché but…” What… http://flpbd.it/doJLSContinue reading How To Be A Happy And Successful Creative Freelancer

iPad penetrates biotech/pharma with social information access

After years of regulatory hand wringing about the theoretical risks and benefits of social media in pharma, the Apple iPad and with it an entire ecosystem of interactive apps for science and medical information professionals is now achieving mass penetration of the pharma industry. Medical-Sector Companies Arm Sales Forces With Apple IPads - WSJ.com. Related … Continue reading iPad penetrates biotech/pharma with social information access

Competitive Intelligence: Fuld & Company

Listening to interesting presentations by principles of this company on life science CI: The Global Leader in Competitive Intelligence │ Fuld & Company. Related articles Competitive Intelligence System Success Factors (billives.typepad.com) Competitive Intel Analyst, Horizon Blue Cross - NJ (sla-divisions.typepad.com) The Real Deal: Jim Fowler on Competitive Intelligence. Or If they ask you, you didnt … Continue reading Competitive Intelligence: Fuld & Company

Rethinking technology project management using ethnography

This interesting article resonates with who has been involved in the management of large scale technology projects who knows that they are frequently plagued by mountains of paperwork as specialists try to document and capture what they think people will want or need in a new system for many months only to find out that their … Continue reading Rethinking technology project management using ethnography

CEOExpress: Business portal for executives created by a busy executive

CEOExpress: Business portal for executives created by a busy executive. Related articles Sharepoint, Liferay, Alfresco : Portal Development (webdesigndevelopment11.wordpress.com) I Think We All Know The Punchline To This Portal Picture (kotaku.com.au) Connections to portal locations are being completed (2012indyinfo.com) 5 Tips for Presenting to Executives (slideshare.net) Gridiron Insurance Releases E-Portal Product (insurancejournal.com) Could this be … Continue reading CEOExpress: Business portal for executives created by a busy executive

Online Project Management & Planning Software – LiquidPlanner

Online Project Management & Planning Software - LiquidPlanner. Related articles LiquidPlanner Names Liz Pearce CEO (pehub.com) Box and LiquidPlanner Team Up for Better Project Management (pcworld.com) LiquidPlanner's new CEO: How Liz Pearce rose to the top at age 35 (geekwire.com) AtTask Raises $13 Million For Software as a Service That Combines Social Tech With Traditional … Continue reading Online Project Management & Planning Software – LiquidPlanner

Change management concept

According to an article in Strategy and Business "Any significant transformation creates “people issues.” New leaders will be asked to step up, jobs will be changed, new skills and capabilities must be developed, and employees will be uncertain and resistant. Dealing with these issues on a reactive, case-by-case basis puts speed, morale, and results at … Continue reading Change management concept

Competitive Intelligence (CI) books

Amazon.com: Competitive Intelligence (CI). I'm looking for good books that I can recommend to others on searching online using major databases such as Lexis, Factiva, Ovid Related articles The Importance of Competitive Intelligence for B2B Companies Outlined in Latest White Paper (prweb.com) CI Radar Announces New Competitive Intelligence Tool (prweb.com) Comintelli Wins Major Competitive Intelligence … Continue reading Competitive Intelligence (CI) books

Professional master’s degree programs in regulatory affairs and biomedical quality systems : Article : Nature Biotechnology

Professional master's degree programs in regulatory affairs and biomedical quality systems : Article : Nature Biotechnology. Related articles RAPS Publishes New Edition of Fundamentals of EU Regulatory Affairs (biotechblog.com) Drug discovery (economist.com) Bio-engineered Jellyfish Swim (the-scientist.com) Scientists engineer a cyborg jellyfish from rat cells and silicone (io9.com) Schadt reflects on first year at $100M genomics … Continue reading Professional master’s degree programs in regulatory affairs and biomedical quality systems : Article : Nature Biotechnology