When we first met Vijay he said “There is always a risk in any new job you begin, right?” “What is the risk in your job, Vijay?” we asked him. Credit: Shutterstock He said, “My new job could be amazing or not so great — I’ll have to wait and see. The risk is that the company doesn’t move forward on the projects they’ve hired me to oversee.” “Why would they not move forward?” we asked.

I asked seven billionaires to give me their number one piece of advice for productivity and time management. To my surprise, many referenced the evils of meetings, and it was Mark Cuban who told me, “Never take a meeting unless someone is writing you a check.” Photo: Pixabay/geralt In his usual witty style, Cuban zeroed in on one of the most common complaints among professionals: meetings get in the way of real productivity.

The workplace is evolving and your success is highly dependent upon the choices you make to influence its future – and equally your own.   As the marketplace changes faster than ever before, organizations and their brands are attempting to reinvent themselves to stay relevant – before their competitors pass them by.

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them.” Thoreau’s lyric observation (adjusted for gender balance) might describe the modern workplace. Too many professionals not engaged in their jobs, plodding in fruitless search for “greater-than-me” fulfillment. In the Creative Economy, talent maladies destroy business value.

I have no qualms about saying that, for a host of reasons, I’m not a fan of internships and the emphasis we place on them as the best (and increasingly only) path to that elusive post-college entry-level white collar job. But, as a career advice Cassandra, I realize I’m in the minority. Interns are gonna intern.

Part of the series “Todays’ True Leadership” I recently learned of an intriguing new series on LinkedIn that shares what some of the world’s top influencers would like to say to the next President of the United states, if they had a chance. Deepak Chopra, whom I’ve long admired and followed, is one of these influential thought leaders invited to share what he would most like to tell the next American leader.

All companies need to move faster than ever to keep up with changing customer demands, but outdated processes are forcing many into a holding pattern. That’s why enterprises are opting for Oracle’s cloud services—and why Oracle now enables its customers to purchase cloud services with the click of a button, CEO Safra Catz told attendees at the Modern Finance Experience conference in Chicago.

It is important for every working person to remember that human beings have a tendency to develop inertia. Once we have a job, we make excuses to keep the job. We don’t want to go through the hassle of changing jobs, but the funny thing is that going through that hassle is what grows your muscles. The more workplaces you experience, the more you will realize that you have skills and talents not everyone has.

By Paolo Gallo I smile whenever I look at my university diploma hanging on the wall, because everything I learned then is no longer relevant now. Does it means that we should stop wasting all this energy, time and money on university? Not really: Rather, as soon as we complete our “formal studies,” we need to become learning machines. I’ll rephrase it: We must become machines of continuous learning.

Think about the last time you tried doing several things at once. Was it this morning, when you were answering emails while working on a report for work? Perhaps talking on the phone while driving to pick up your kid? Maybe you’re simultaneously making your to-do list while you’re reading this article? Even if you thought you were being efficient at the time, research suggests juggling two (or more) tasks usually means somewhat neglecting all of them.