How can to be more persuasive at work?

A good idea alone has never been enough to move a listener to action.




Aristotle tells us that to be persuasive, we must connect to a listener on 3 levels: Logos, Ethos and Pathos.

Bye Bye BlackBerry. How Long Will Apple Last?

Bye Bye BlackBerry. How Long Will Apple Last?


Just five years ago, “BlackBerry” was virtually synonymous with “smartphones.” It was well on its way to becoming a generic trademark, like Kleenex or Band-Aid, that would seemingly forever be associated with its entire sector. “For many, the Blackberry is a must-have gadget, a wireless hand-held computer that can send e-mail and make phone calls,” noted a 2005 NPR story on the “CrackBerry,” as some BlackBerry addicts referred to the device. (Incidentally, the story compared the BlackBerry to the Palm Treo, an equally popular device at the time.)

Moving towards a doomsday weapon?

Moving Toward A Doomsday Weapon?

by Paul Johnson

Breaking the speed-of-light barrier can lead to the laws of physics being rewritten


BREAKTHROUGH The large hadron collider at CERN, Geneva. Breaking the speed-of-light barrier will lead to fundamental revisions in scientific theory. These in turn will produce new processes, some of which will inevitably have military applications