David Wyld
Founding member
Bio
Professor, Consultant, Doer. Founder/Publisher of The IDEA Publishing (http://www.theideapublishing.com/) & Modern Business Press (http://www.modernbusinesspress.com)
Stories (300/0)
The WFH Series: Redesigning and Rethinking the Office of the Future
For this management professor and consultant, one of the more fascinating aspects of the move to the “next normal” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic will be the changing nature of the office, both in function and in form. Certainly, during the course of the pandemic, employers and landlords were forced to largely improvise to make buildings “safer” for workers (instituting measures such as one-way walkways, eliminating desk and chairs for social distancing, providing lots of hand sanitizer, etc.). Many experts believe that having become accustomed to such measures, and out of both an abundance of caution and some trepidation, many of the temporary measures instituted over the past year may well be kept well into the future in offices and commercial buildings.
By David Wyld3 years ago in Journal
Who Are the Most and Least Ethical Companies in America Today?
Introduction There is no more important factor in a company’s reputation than the perception that it is an ethical company. And that perception - both from an individual consumer’s perception and across wider society - can be changed in an instant. One bad customer interaction. One bad social media post. One indictment of an executive. One exposé on the evening news about a questionable company practice. These days, a company’s reputation when it comes to the ethics of its people, its practices, its standing - is literally on the line each and every day.
By David Wyld3 years ago in Journal
Which Companies in America Have the Best - and Worst - Growth Prospects Today?
Introduction In this day and age, perception is everything. Whether we are talking about entertainment, the media, politics, or yes, marketing, how the public perceives you and what you are offering is the most important thing today. You can be viewed as a “hot” commodity - as an entertainer, a politician, a social influencer, or a company and its brands. On the flip side, you can be looked upon as something less than “hot” - a “has been” or even a “never was.” In other words, in the minds of the collective public, people, products, and even companies can be seen as being on the move forward, or alternatively, falling backward.
By David Wyld3 years ago in Journal
An Olympic Management Lesson for Us All
Second place. Third prize. Making the finals, but not placing. Too often, our media calls out those who excel, but come up short. Our culture can turn excellence into mediocrity, even inferiority. Think about it. We regard the loser of the Super Bowl as a loser, not the runner up of the entire National Football League - the top football league on the planet. The same can be said for almost any individual or team that finishes second - or even lower - in any competition, any tournament, any league - anything. Winners win. Everyone else, well...
By David Wyld3 years ago in Journal
College Tuition: The Next Employee Benefit?
Talk about a “game changer!” Walmart has made headlines by announcing that the retail giant will now offer all of its approximately 1.5 million employees - part-time and full-time workers from the front lines to the top of the organization - the ability to go to college for free!
By David Wyld3 years ago in Education
Unhappiness on the Job: The Pandemic Variant That's Spreading Like...Well COVID
Introduction: The New Normal of Work All is back to normal - at least, sort of. We’re going back to work. We’re eating out again. We’re traveling again. We’re going back to sporting events, concerts, and more. And soon, the kids will be going back to school. There’s every reason to believe that the COVID-19 pandemic is (mostly) behind us and that life, as we knew it back in the “glory days” of 2019, is fast returning to the way things were before the pandemic - just with the threat of that “Delta Variant” that we see so much about today that has the potential to derail the progress we have seen through the mass vaccination campaign in the United States (well, at least in the “Blue States”).
By David Wyld3 years ago in Journal
Solving the Paradox of Teamwork in Today's College Classroom
As a “seasoned” business professor who teaches junior and senior-level undergraduates and graduate students, as well as MBA students, one thing is for certain at the beginning of the semester. Whether the class is being taught in a classroom or online or a hybrid of both, students that advanced in their college years are savvy customers. However, they are not like a “Black Friday” shopper looking for “deals” on the syllabus - like that giant screen smart TV for $299…
By David Wyld3 years ago in Education
Part 11: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - The Food and Drink File
Overview As an overview, this article is part of a series (Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series), exploring what excuses college students have offered to explain an absence, a missed exam, a paper or project being late, etc. All of these excuses have been collected from this author’s contemporaries - professors and instructors at colleges and universities all across America. As such, it is a “crowdsourced” piece, and I owe them my gratitude for sharing their “best” excuses - which in reality means the “worst” - from their students over the years that provided the basis for this article series. And in all of these articles, each of which deals with a different “origin area” for student excuses, from health to tech to social to pets and more, we not only see excuses that make us laugh, but we also see some that could make you cry, as there are also stories of students who “went the extra mile” and persevered over the unique obstacles they might have faced in their lives to succeed in school (A complete list of the articles in the series with links to them is provided at the end of this article.)
By David Wyld3 years ago in Education
Part 17: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - The Inspirational Stories File
Overview As an overview, this article is part of a series (Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series), exploring what excuses college students have offered to explain an absence, a missed exam, a paper or project being late, etc. All of these excuses have been collected from this author’s contemporaries - professors and instructors at colleges and universities all across America. As such, it is a “crowdsourced” piece, and I owe them my gratitude for sharing their “best” excuses - which in reality means the “worst” - from their students over the years that provided the basis for this article series. And in all of these articles, each of which deals with a different “origin area” for student excuses, from health to tech to social to pets and more, we not only see excuses that make us laugh, but we also see some that could make you cry, as there are also stories of students who “went the extra mile” and persevered over the unique obstacles they might have faced in their lives to succeed in school (A complete list of the articles in the series with links to them is provided at the end of this article.)
By David Wyld3 years ago in Education
Part 10: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - The Car File
Overview As an overview, this article is part of a series (Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series), exploring what excuses college students have offered to explain an absence, a missed exam, a paper or project being late, etc. All of these excuses have been collected from this author’s contemporaries - professors and instructors at colleges and universities all across America. As such, it is a “crowdsourced” piece, and I owe them my gratitude for sharing their “best” excuses - which in reality means the “worst” - from their students over the years that provided the basis for this article series. And in all of these articles, each of which deals with a different “origin area” for student excuses, from health to tech to social to pets and more, we not only see excuses that make us laugh, but we also see some that could make you cry, as there are also stories of students who “went the extra mile” and persevered over the unique obstacles they might have faced in their lives to succeed in school (A complete list of the articles in the series with links to them is provided at the end of this article.)
By David Wyld3 years ago in Education
Part 16: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - The “Caught in a Lie” File
Overview As an overview, this article is part of a series (Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series), exploring what excuses college students have offered to explain an absence, a missed exam, a paper or project being late, etc. All of these excuses have been collected from this author’s contemporaries - professors and instructors at colleges and universities all across America. As such, it is a “crowdsourced” piece, and I owe them my gratitude for sharing their “best” excuses - which in reality means the “worst” - from their students over the years that provided the basis for this article series. And in all of these articles, each of which deals with a different “origin area” for student excuses, from health to tech to social to pets and more, we not only see excuses that make us laugh, but we also see some that could make you cry, as there are also stories of students who “went the extra mile” and persevered over the unique obstacles they might have faced in their lives to succeed in school (A complete list of the articles in the series with links to them is provided at the end of this article.)
By David Wyld3 years ago in Education
Part 5: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - The Weather File
Overview As an overview, this article is part of a series (Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series), exploring what excuses college students have offered to explain an absence, a missed exam, a paper or project being late, etc. All of these excuses have been collected from this author’s contemporaries - professors and instructors at colleges and universities all across America. As such, it is a “crowdsourced” piece, and I owe them my gratitude for sharing their “best” excuses - which in reality means the “worst” - from their students over the years that provided the basis for this article series. And in all of these articles, each of which deals with a different “origin area” for student excuses, from health to tech to social to pets and more, we not only see excuses that make us laugh, but we also see some that could make you cry, as there are also stories of students who “went the extra mile” and persevered over the unique obstacles they might have faced in their lives to succeed in school.
By David Wyld3 years ago in Education