Archive for the ‘Business Support’ Category

Superwoman and Strong Shoulders

Posted on June 29th, 2011 by Stephanie Shadforth

I know rebels when I meet them.  This is a vital pattern in “Don’t Bring It to Work”. They love to ask “Why not” rather than just “Why”. Even better are those who can flip rebel to its positive opposite behavior, that of being a community builder. Meet Carla Calizaire, Regional Business Director at Novo [...]

California can’t ban violent video game sales, Supreme Court rules

Posted on June 28th, 2011 by Stephanie Shadforth

The Supreme Court says California cannot ban the rental or sale of violent video games to children. U.S. Supreme Court websiteU.S. Supreme Court, Washington, DC The high court agreed Monday with a federal court’s decision to throw out California’s ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. The 9th U.S. Circuit [...]

Honolulu City Council overrides vetoes, changes leadership

Posted on June 27th, 2011 by Stephanie Shadforth

The Honolulu City Council decided to override four bills vetoed by Mayor Peter Carlisle during a special meeting Monday. Bill 33 and Bill 34, which involve the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s operating and capital budget, were unanimously approved by the council’s nine members. The bills give the council authority over the rail transit agency’s [...]

Design Thinking, Muggles, and Magic

Posted on June 27th, 2011 by Stephanie Shadforth

For those of you who are not familiar with Muggles, they are people who are incapable of magic, and who are usually unaware of the wizarding world. Design Thinking is sort of wizardry, it takes certain type of people with the certain type of training, Hogwarts or Harvard. When Muggles think Design Thinking, they see [...]

Can the Angry Birds Keep Flying?

Posted on June 26th, 2011 by Stephanie Shadforth

Story Tools add to Business Exchange E-mail Print (Updates number of downloads in third paragraph, Maisel’s appointment in 16th.) June 27 (Bloomberg) — On a recent visit with his two children to a toy museum in Espoo, Finland, Mikael Hed was struck by a display of action figures from George Lucas’s “Star Wars” series. “The [...]