While business and law might seem to be on opposite sides of the playing field, they are surprisingly similar – and this similarity has only grown through the years. David Nied, a trial/appellate lawyer and mediator with over 30 years of experience representing companies and individuals in business, real estate, and employment, says, "law firms, at least in my experience, have become more and more like a business." But despite this, many lawyers are still unfamiliar with basic business practices. On the other side of the coin, business people (until, perhaps, recently) are often unaware of what exactly goes on…

We're twenty years into the 21st century and most organizations – including the high tech firms that are supposedly leading-edge – still have workplaces that reflect non-scientific industrial age ideas of what productivity and creativity is all about. Entrepreneurs and executives seem to be having a difficult time letting go of long-standing concepts that alienate a large percentage of the employees – the introverts – the very people are most likely to create and innovate with technology and systems. Contrary to popular belief, introverts are not more creative than extroverts. They are, however, creative in a quite different way. Extroverts…