Sparking Creativity in the Workplace

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It starts off with a slow annoyed tap of the foot. A few seconds later, your receptionist has locked herself in the storage closet, your accountant is missing in action, 2 of your project coordinators are missing limbs and stumbling around like zombies, all the while you are struggling to put your intestines back into the gaping hole in your stomach. Mediocrity is a merciless monster that will ravage your office and leave nothing but destruction in its path. Luckily, you have been blessed with the gift of reading and this isn’t your everyday typical “how do I get my employees to be more creative” half assed, cookie cutter, bullshit article. This my friends, is pure gold. If you were to print this out and take it to the bank, the teller would hand you a check with more zeroes than a Google, I mean googol. (more…)

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Many online applications pop-up over night and go away just as fast. Social media mavens are quick to sign up for the “next big thing” that they can say they joined first (as if it matters once it goes mainstream). If the service works well and has a purpose, what does it matter who joined when? Maybe I’ll save that rant for a later post.

One such application I’ve taken notice to is Foursquare. While on the surface it seemed like another Brightkite/Twitter mashup, I soon found out it was a lot more than that. It offered an online experience that was both beneficial to your followers and to the user with fun rewards for using the service. (more…)

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One of the things I love the best about my workplace is the philanthropic heart we seem to have as a whole. For years, Pop Labbers have partnered with different non-profit organizations in order to reach out to others and give back to the community.

This holiday season, Pop Labs adopted a refugee Karenni-Burmese family through the Interfaith Ministries of Houston. The Karenni are part of a group that has escaped from Burma (also known as Myanmar). These people have fled a military regime that the Bush administration had singled out as one of the most brutal in the world. (more…)

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