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EMCVoice: GE's Next Billion-Dollar Bet: The 'Industrial Internet' By Emily Schmall On the flat plains of central Illinois, dozens of wind turbines tower over the cornfields, intersecting the clean lines of land and sky. As the sun begins to set, Charles Keith Haning, 81, admires the colors reflected on the spinning blades. “Look at ‘em. Certain times of day when the [...]

Why You Need To Stop Working All The Time “Overwork has become a credential of prosperity.” This line from a recent James Suroweicki piece in The New Yorker struck me like a bell. Suroweicki is writing about the culture of overwork on Wall Street, but the idea holds true for all of us striving in this ultra-competitive, hyper-connected worl...

How To Boost Your Business Productivity From The Road Here are a few new tricks and tactics for the many entrepreneurs who are running leaner organizations than ever, for helping to keep work productivity high from the road.

Seven Ways To Ruin Your Professional Reputation This is an update of an article by Jenna Goudreau: When career consultant and Forbes contributor Emily Bennington started researching her book on women’s career success, Who Says It’s A Man’s World: The Girls Guide To Corporate Domination, she came across an interesting theme: If the choice is betwe...