Reading the signs

While we’re talking about leading indicators, there’s the Iraqi “fixer’s” story on Fresh Air (August 9) about knowing when a car bomb will explode. Ayub Nuri solved reporters’ everyday logistical problems and helped conduct interviews with local sources. He was the insider. One afternoon his car was ordered into an area he knew was seething. [...]

Managing by walking around with a dashboard on your head

Imagine an executive walking around with a “dashboard” on his head. It looks like a pair of sporty sunglasses, but it does much more. Whereever he turns his head, pop-up windows tell him what he’s looking at. He doesn’t even have to ask “What’s going on in that cubicle?” Detailed background on everyone from temps [...]