Lessons In Business From: A Sushi Chef
Tucked away in a basement beneath the veritable hustle of Tokyo’s fashionable Ginza district – a literal stone’s throw away from a subway station – Sukiyabashi Jiro’s restaurant doors open for another day. Geared to serve 10 discerning gourmet voyeurs paying upwards of $350 dollars for the privilege of a seat, this is sushi with ...
Innovation Unleashed: Engage Your Environment
Innovation. Innovation. Innovation. If I had a penny for every time I heard that word then…well… then I’d probably stop taking the pennies. But that’s beside the point. We’ve become accustomed to talking about innovation at every turn; ‘true’ innovation, where a new idea or concept reigns supreme and slaps you in the face on ...
Randi Zuckerberg: In the Blink of an Eye
It’s 2005. Your foot is well and truly in the door with your dream job at Ogilvy & Mather. A year in, you decide to scrap it and work for your younger brother’s under-the-radar start up. No more world-leading reputation. No more job security. And, yep, no more company expense accounts. You’ve just seemingly waved ...
Take the Strain: The Importance of Creative Tension
What came first: the chicken or the egg? Well, depending on what context you subscribe to, it could be the former, the latter, both or neither (not quite sure about the last one?). Regardless, we’re all aware of the futility in trying to identify the victor. Of course, the question is meant to provoke an ...
Top Executive Salaries in America
Over the past three decades, executive compensation has risen dramatically, far surpassing the wage of the average American worker. In a modern US corporation, the CEO and other top executives are paid salary plus short-term incentives or bonuses. This combination is referred to as ‘Total Cash Compensation’ (TCC). Short-term incentives usually are formula-driven and have ...
Work Related Stress Statistics
According to some analysts, as many as three out of every four Americans define their work as stressful, while others argue that occupational stress is becoming a “global pandemic”, especially as the economic crisis rumbles on. Of course, stress is a factor in every one’s life – be it during major personal events such as ...
Is This a Payout Too Far?
This week BP revealed record losses of GBP£5 million an hour after taking a near GBP£21billion hit for the catastrophic oil spill. Understandably, with oil continuing to spew out in the Gulf of Mexico, support, sympathy or benevolence for the company is hard to come by. Reports also reveal that while the Department of Justice ...
Layoffs Laid Bare
New research suggests that CEOs are still making millions, despite cutting thousands of employees due to cost savings. When the recession hit two years ago it resulted in a record number of layoffs. It is difficult to forget those images of co-workers, leaving their offices in the droves, with personal items boxed up in their ...
Battle of the Sexes
There’s good news for female workers this week with the news that the earning power of young women has now surpassed that of their male counterparts. News of the shift, driven by the growing number of women attending college and moving into high-earning jobs, comes in the same week that MeetTheBoss.tv broadcasts an exclusive interview ...
Do You Take Plastic?
In the same week that Miss Universe crowns its new queen, MeetTheBoss.tv asks: does the cosmetic surgery industry really sell perfection? From full-on, life-changing procedures, to a quick hit of Botox during your lunch hour, plastic-surgery aficionados are witnessing an industry boom. Our obsession with the search for perfection is everywhere: from magazine and television ...