Investing in Sustainable Supply Chains

By Nada Elmasry   “Organizations that get it understand that you can reduce your cost by reducing your environmental footprint.” -Roger Eacock[1]   In recent years, the word “sustainability” (referring to the idea of using resources without totally exhausting them) has become an important buzzword that businesses use to describe their organization’s production strategy to consumers. This is because consumer expectations for the products and … Continue reading Investing in Sustainable Supply Chains

Book Review: I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi

By Tanner Stanford   “I will teach you to be rich.” Those seven words would intrigue anyone. Some people may be skeptical of this statement, but that skepticism would likely preclude their learning how to better manage their personal finances. Ramit Sethi, author of the book with this title and the “New Finance Guru” as proclaimed by FORTUNE, does not give secret stock tips or … Continue reading Book Review: I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi

Improving Intrinsic Motivation in the Workplace

By Madeleine Pitcher   Improving Intrinsic Motivation in the Workplace By Madeleine Pitcher Interested in motivation, Rochester experimental psychologists Edward Deci and Richard Ryan conducted a study using a Soma puzzle cube. College students participating in the study were divided into two groups and placed into a room with the Soma cube and magazines. Each group was instructed to solve the Soma cube, but only … Continue reading Improving Intrinsic Motivation in the Workplace

Podcast Review: Mary Lake, Growth and Getting out of Your Comfort Zone

By Jamie LeSueur   Every episode of Measuring Success Right answers the thematic question “How do you measure success?” but no answer has been so applicable to the times as Mary Lake’s. In this episode, former BYU volleyball player and Marriott School of Business graduate Mary Lake explains the key to perpetual success. Her advice is highly relevant to today, especially with the current COVID-19 … Continue reading Podcast Review: Mary Lake, Growth and Getting out of Your Comfort Zone

Buzzwords

Jargon that will keep you going through the year By Kenzie Koehle   1 INTRINSIC MOTIVATION When someone is “intrinsically motivated,” it means they are encouraged and even willing to fulfill a certain activity due to finding interest in the activity itself. Comparatively, being “extrinsically motivated” means there’s no enjoyment tied to the activity and thus needs to be found elsewhere.1   2 DATA PROCESSING … Continue reading Buzzwords

¿Empleado Estrella, Emprendedor o Ambos?

Por José Polanco   ¿Alguna vez alguien te ha preguntado, qué quieres ser cuando seas grande? Esta es una de las preguntas más comunes en la humanidad. Por un lado, muchas personas no tienen idea de lo que quieren hacer; sin embargo, tienen muy claro lo que quieren estudiar y se esfuerzan por algún día lograr obtener el empleo que siempre soñaron. Por el otro … Continue reading ¿Empleado Estrella, Emprendedor o Ambos?

Diversity in the Workplace. Why Care?

By Monica Flores   A recent study conducted by the Boston Consulting group reported 19% higher revenues among companies focused on diversity than similar companies who do not focus on diversity.[1] However, companies often fail to see the potential in diverse employees and take advantage of the great success these employees can contribute. As a result, company leaders do not recognize the opposition these employees … Continue reading Diversity in the Workplace. Why Care?

Maximizing Situational Intelligence

By Jared M. Richardson “The worst student we had, the worst I have ever encountered, was in his life outside the classroom as mature, intelligent, and interesting a person as anyone at the school. What went wrong? . . . Somewhere along the line, his intelligence became disconnected from his schooling.”1   Contrary to prevalent 20th-century beliefs, educator John Holt found that intelligence is not … Continue reading Maximizing Situational Intelligence

Financial Literacy

By AJ Bollinger “You would be surprised with how many people think credit cards are free money,” said First Colony loan officer Dan Ross. Unfortunately, this was something that Seth, a recent high school graduate, believed. One day Seth received a letter in the mail from a bank offering him a $2000 credit card. Poor, financially illiterate Seth believed the offer was free money, so … Continue reading Financial Literacy

Quantum Computing in Business

By Quinn Peterson The modern smartphone has more computing power than was used to send Apollo 11 to the moon in 1969. While this is an impressive feat signifying how far we’ve come with technology, some people in the business world have been asking themselves, what other advances have been made in computing that will revolutionize the world?   In order to comprehend the potential … Continue reading Quantum Computing in Business