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FUCK YOU, PAY ME: Mike Monteiro on how to get clients to pay you

This Creative Mornings San Francisco talk by Mike Monteiro may be one of the most important videos you ever view if you are in the creative business and/or running your own design company. Mike Monteiro, co-founder of Mule Design Studio, … Continue reading

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Japan Airlines CEO cuts his own pay during airline’s tough times

Japan Airlines (JAL) CEO Haruka Nishimatsu cut his own pay to an amount below that of his company’s own pilots when hard times hit the airline. He was forced to ask older employees to retire early and had to cut … Continue reading

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iPhone NFC payment system in testing

Image from BGR OMG, please let the next iPhone have an NFC payment system built in. I really would not mind ditching my wallet if I could pay for everything by swiping my phone in front of it. That definitely … Continue reading

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PAY & SIT: a bench that becomes a seat when you pay

PAY & SIT: the private bench (HD) from Fabian Brunsing on Vimeo. Fabian Brunsing imagines a world where the relaxing activity of sitting has become a chargeable commodity. Let’s hope it never gets this far.

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What motivates us at home and in the workplace?

RSA put together this wonderful white-board animation to illustrate some of the points in Dan Pink’s talk about what motivates people at home and in the workplace. Dan’s talk touches upon the inverse relation between higher pay rewards and better … Continue reading

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Working to get a Big Mac

A new report from UBS puts the average wage of an employee in 73 cities into perspective by showing us how long one would have to work in each city to purchase a McDonald’s Big Mac. If you love Big … Continue reading

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