Do you tend to write in an apologetic tone for things that don’t need justification? How many times do you make a point by saying “I’m no expert, but…”? If that sounds like you, downloading Google Chrome’s extension Just Not Sorry could help. The free Gmail plug-in warns you when a word or phrase you’re about to send undermines your message.

Source: Stop Undermining Your Professional Voice with a Gmail Plug-In | PSFK

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A call to arms that challenges young, idealistic Americans who wish to solve problems in far-flung places to think about channeling their noble, social entrepreneurial energy at home to tackle the many complex problems that our country faces.

Basically a compelling 9 minute Saturday night read.

Source: The Reductive Seduction of Other People’s Problems — The Development Set — Medium

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IBM is not a design company. Of its nearly 400,000 employees, few could rightly be described as aesthetes; of its assorted products, many seem to be of the “function over form” variety. And yet, if you look past its pocket-protector reputation, there’s little doubt that IBM is angling—more aggressively than any corporation of its size—to become a leading design company in the most literal sense of the phrase

Source: IBM’s Got a Plan to Bring Design Thinking to Big Business | Wired

What made people aged 40+ take such a big change of direction in their lives? And was it worth it? Is not fitting the stereotype an advantage or not?

Source: Why founding a startup in your 40s beats doing it earlier | The Next Web

How do you tell the story of nuclear weapons? Why not focus on the people who worked inside the system—salesmen who traveled to Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and see what they left behind:

Source: Los Alamos Rolodex: The Professional Network That Made the Atomic Bomb – The Atlantic