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Which Is Better—Performance Goals or Results Goals? Microsoft's recent move to abolish the employee stack ranking way of managing performance seemed to be a welcome move after using the anti-teamwork method for years. Anuj Magazine examines chasing performance goals versus results goals and highlights experiences at Microsoft, Apple, and Instagram. |
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NSA Uses Special Google Cookies to Aid in Surveillance In another news item released this week from the seemingly never-ending treasure trove that is the leaked Edward Snowden documents, details emerge of how the National Security Agency (NSA) is taking advantage of Google's cookies and other location data to help its surveillance operations. |
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Is There a Sense of Urgency in Your Workplace? Anuj Magazine looks at how a sense of urgency impacts the workplace and answers two questions: What happens when a sense of urgency is lacking? How do you inculcate a sense of urgency in your workers? |
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In Search of Microsoft’s New CEO Whether you love Microsoft or absolutely hate the company, you have to admit that whoever replaces Steve Ballmer and becomes the next CEO will be the most watched person in the information technology (IT) world for the next several years. Joe Townsend explores the candidates for this huge role. |
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Two Lessons Learned from Nokia's Downfall It was not long ago that the news about Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's devices business came to light. For years, Nokia was a leader in mobile phone devices before suffering a near fatal fall in the past few years. Anuj Magazine looks at two lessons we can learn from Nokia's downfall. |
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Microsoft Pays Hacking Expert $100,000 for Finding Security Flaw For finding security flaws in its software, Microsoft paid a hacking expert one hundred thousand dollars this week, one of the largest bounties ever awarded by a major company for white-hat work. Bug bounty programs are becoming more and more common as tech companies realize their cost value. |
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Why Developer Stack Ranking Is an Innovation Killer Many companies swear by stack ranking, citing retention of high performers and the ability to track performance as two of the biggest benefits. Despite these claims, stack ranking has numerous unintentional side effects that work against a culture of innovation. |
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Is the Gaming Industry Shifting to Free-to-Play? A few years back games were typically introduced as pay-to-play games or game packages with a monthly subscription, but this model is undergoing a lot of change in order to attract more gamers. Providers are actively scouting ways to provide games that are both free-to-play and profitable. |
