http://www.despair.com For the better part of a decade, Despair, Inc. has been engaged in a fierce battle in the marketplace of ideas with the multi-billion dollar motivation industry. In 1998, Despair introduced the world to a darkly insightful line of motivation posters parodies known simply as Demotivators®. In April 2005, Despair co-founder Dr. E.L. Kersten unveiled his landmark management book, "The Art of Demotivation"- a work quickly praised by Financial Times Management Columnist Lucy Kellaway as "the most daring, funny and subversive management book ever written". With the introduction of video podcasts, Despair opens a new front in the war on motivation- while simultaneously offering a tantalizing glimpse at life inside the company itself. (In HD where available.) Feeder 1.3.8.1 http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us 2006 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:50:48 -0500 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:27:41 -0500 Business http://spin.despair.com/drk.jpg http://www.despair.com www.despair.com The Retribution will be Televised. For the better part of a decade, Despair, Inc. has been engaged in a fierce battle in the marketplace of ideas with the multi-billion dollar motivation industry. In 1998, Despair introduced the world to a darkly insightful line of motivation posters parodies known simply as Demotivators®. In 2004, Despair co-founder Dr. E.L. Kersten unveiled his landmark management book, "The Art of Demotivation"- a work quickly praised by Financial Times Management Columnist Lucy Kellaway as "the most daring, funny and subversive management book ever written". With the introduction of video podcasts, Despair opens a new front in the war on motivation- while simultaneously offering a tantalizing glimpse at life inside the company itself. (In HD where available.) no Despair, Inc. podcast@despair.com no Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0500 Business self-narratives-pt-1 The Art of Demotivation - Chapter 6 - Self-Narrative: Forcing Your Employees to Think about their Futures. While most employees evidence a startling lack of intellectual curiosity or creativity, they prove profoundly imaginative when estimating their relative usefulness or postulating visions of their own probable futures. In short, they are prisoners of their own optimistic delusions. In this upcoming segment, Dr. Kersten offers several conversational techniques which can be used to demolish those delusions and liberate employees from the torment of their unrealistic expectations. (This video is only a preview of the upcoming Self-Narratives video, to be released later this month.) no 1:29 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 Business addressing-employee-complaints The Art of Demotivation - Chapter 7 - Attitudes: Helping Your Employees Cope With Challenges In this segment, Dr. E.L. Kersten provides executives and managers with a shockingly effective strategy for responding to the complaints of their subordinates. no Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:06:28 -0600 Business http://despair.dgram.net/video/powerofstories.mov Despair, Inc. (www.despair.com) The Art of Demotivation - Chapter 5 - Organizational Stories: Teaching your employees their role in the organization. Dr. E.L. Kersten provides an helpful overview of storytelling techniques that can aid executives and managers in the creation of a Radically Demotivating work environment. (NOTE: Audio podcast features additional content.) no 4:14 Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:06:04 -0600 Business http://despair.dgram.net/video/disconfirmation.mov" Despair, Inc. (www.despair.com) The Art of Demotivation - Chapter 8 - The Power of Sharing: Making sure your employees know how important they are Face-to-face interaction of executives with their employee subordinates is an unfortunate necessity in most organizations. However distasteful, such exchanges do provide fertile opportunities for the seeding of Radical Demotivation in the employee psyche. In this segment, Dr. E.L. Kersten explains one of several disconfirmational communication tactics which can helpful to disabuse employees of their narcissistic delusions of parity. FIRST IN A SERIES. (NOTE: Audio podcast features additional content.) no 2:47