Business Game Time

Would you jump out of an airplane without a parachute? Here’s why your company needs people that would and how you can get them in.

Filed under: misc, motor sports by Johannes
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Not only does this article explain how a “Mexican Wave” or “La Ola” is created in stadiums, it also uses this analogy to explain why the old broadcasting model of marketing communications is dying and why the business models of Facebook and Twitter’s are so successful: It’s all because of the waves!

Filed under: baseball, soccer (football) by Johannes
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