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Mind Your Business

A column about the evolving ways we think, act and work.

Leadership | Mind Your Business

Popularity Contest

Does “likability” really matter?

8 Oct
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  • Leadership | Mind Your Business

    For Whom The Whistle Blows

    Are whistleblowers heroes or snitches?
    21 Nov
    Blow the whistle.
  • Workplace Communication | Mind Your Business

    Words To The Wise

    Business jargon: How to not communicate effectively.
    27 Feb
    Business jargon, when used properly, can cut through clutter and enhance understanding. But when used wrong, it can create a fog that not even the smartest can navigate.
  • Free Speech | Mind Your Business

    Language Police

    What happens when we censor our own words — and the ideas they represent?
    4 Mar
    Language Police

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Book Excerpt | Mind Your Business

Pathological Friendliness

How nice is too nice? Read an excerpt from Jennie Latson's new book.
February 19
Book Excerpt | Mind Your Business

Branding

Great brands are built on something more than the bottom line. Read an excerpt from two Rice Business alumni.
February 04
Book Excerpt | Mind Your Business

Resourcefulness

Scott Sonenshein teaches us we all have more to work with than we can imagine.
February 01
Book Excerpt | Mind Your Business

Memoir

Read an excerpt form Tony Gorry's book, Memory's Encouragement.
January 10
Workplace Communication | Mind Your Business

Words To The Wise

Business jargon: How to not communicate effectively.
February 27
Business jargon, when used properly, can cut through clutter and enhance understanding. But when used wrong, it can create a fog that not even the smartest can navigate.