Harvard Business Review’s “7 Rules for Managing Creative People” – A Rebuttal

The Harvard Business review recently published a blog titled “7 Rules for Managing Creative People.” Sound interesting? Well too bad, because the article’s actually terrible, and here’s why!

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Updated Toy Safety Standard Takes Effect June 12. New Tests Required!

If you import children’s toys, or if you’re a promotional products supplier with children’s toys in your line, effective tomorrow you’ll need to comply with an update to the mandatory Federal Toy Safety Standard.

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People and Purpose

When most of us took marketing courses in school, we learned about the four P’s of marketing: Product, Place, Price and Promotion. But there is a fifth P—People.

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5 Rules

Last week Chris Matthews gave a passionate commencement speech at Temple University in Philadelphia, “5 Rules for Life.” Here are Matthews’ five rules and my selling smarter take on them.

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