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How to Launch Products the Right Way How to Launch Products the Right Way

– James Mastan’s book, “Product Launch the Microsoft Way,” details the processes and techniques crucial to getting products to the market and keeping them there. Mastan should know – he spent 14 years as director of marketing at the global software giant.

Assembling Citywide Change Assembling Citywide Change

– Not many offices keep a shiny Ford Mustang on site for employees to drive and show off to their families. But that red convertible is one of the perks at Detroit Manufacturing Systems, where the vehicle’s instrument panel is assembled – and where Andra Rush is president and CEO. Empowering her employees – to drive, to make something, to have a job that will become a career – is among the reasons Rush considers Detroit Manufacturing Systems a game changer. And that’s just one of companies she heads up in the Rush Group.

Good Design Means Good Business Good Design Means Good Business

– Good design is more than window dressing for modern products – it is an integral part of what makes a product greater than the sum of its parts, and therefore, a key enabler that is a solid business proposition. In other words, good design means good business.

Corp! Readers Keep a Wait-and-See Approach for Economic Outlook Corp! Readers Keep a Wait-and-See Approach for Economic Outlook

– "Moderate Expectations" could be the title of the results of a recent business survey conducted by Corp! in cooperation with the Business Research Group and The Business Improvement Team. Readers are cautious about 2013 and less optimistic than they were last year about improvements in their economic standing.

Welcome to the New World of 'We' as Society's 'Pendulum' Continues to Swing Welcome to the New World of 'We' as Society's 'Pendulum' Continues to Swing

– According to authors Roy H. Williams and Michael R. Drew, 2003 was the beginning of a shift (back) to what they call a "We" cycle—an emphasis on ideals like "conformity for the common good" and strengthening a society's sense of purpose as it considers all its problems.

Betting 'Big Time' on Detroit Betting 'Big Time' on Detroit

– Josh Linkner, CEO and managing partner of Detroit Venture Partners, an investment firm focused on turning Detroit into a high-tech hub, believes the city is in the midst of an historic urban turnaround. But Linkner and partners don’t want a Chicago. They don’t want New York. They don’t even want Silicon Valley. They want Detroit. They want the city to evolve into the best version of itself.

Cartoonist Cuts the Clutter for the Business World Cartoonist Cuts the Clutter for the Business World

– Hugh MacLeod, creator of gapingvoid.com, is busy helping to craft business environments where workers can be exposed to inspired messages, instead of the bland landscape of office walls.

Gala Urban Wheel Awards Shine Spotlight on Women  Gala Urban Wheel Awards Shine Spotlight on Women

— The gala 17th Annual Urban Wheels Award, the official multicultural event of the North American International Auto Show, was clear and successful in its objective: to celebrate and honor the people who have valiantly succeeded in breaking through barriers of color and gender. But this year, the focus was on women.

Detroit Auto Show Dazzles with New Look Detroit Auto Show Dazzles with New Look

— Those organizing Detroit’s crowning automotive event, the North American International Auto Show, say 2012 was great – and they promise 2013 will be even greater.

2012’s National Best and Brightest Winners Praise Their Most Valuable Asset – Employees 2012’s National Best and Brightest Winners Praise Their Most Valuable Asset – Employees

– Nationwide, hundreds of companies competed for the 101 Best and Brightest honors, but only companies with the highest quality human resources initiatives were named 2012 National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.