Just in time for the home stretch of summer, Joe Nocera of the New York Times a paper I sometimes write for has posted his list of the the best business books ever Nocera has been a top business writer for decades now -- for instance, his story...
The future of business will be dominated by freelancers who affiliate with each other on a temporary basis and rarely go into an office. Why should they? The network technology will be so advanced that the real world will be largely forgotten, thanks to virtual worlds built on top...
Seth Godin is a gifted packager of ideas for businesspeople. But does he know how to read a business book? His post on just that topic, How to read a business book , is getting a fair amount of attention on the Web (he links to about...
I spent part of my day at an old-line manufacturing firm that is in an industry facing disruption by new technology. Rather than reacting to its fear of this technology by entering into despair or denial, it has become a leader in applying the new technology. The CEO...
Facial coding, the idea that your expression gives away what you are really thinking, was put forth some 40 years ago by psychologist Paul Ekman . But does it work in business? Can you tell what CEOs really think, just by looking, or are they so carefully trained that...
The uber consultants at McKinsey's Technology Initiative have published their first Perspectives volume, seven pieces on the major trends the firm sees emerging. I'll highlight the first piece here more later on the rest. It's called Eight business technology trends to watch free registration required, but these...
Not to get all Zen on you, but, what is the value of R&D? IEEE SPectrum has its 5th annual R&D 100 spenders, which looks at the world's top investors in R&D. It also examines what it calls 'R&D Intensity,' a measure of R&D spending as a...
I've been reviewing Creating A World Without Poverty, Muhammad Yunus' visionary book about a new kind of capitalism. I looked at the book in three parts: Muhammad Yunus: Capitalism Is Half-Baked How Muhammad Yunus Created an Impossible Business ...
What can corporate counsel learn from magicians and stand-up comics? More than just tricks and shtick. In fact, these groups may offer a new way of dealing with intellectual property, argues Daniel L. Smith in Creative Vigilantes free registration required. Smith looks at how efforts to protect intellectual property have...
Global Services made its year-end preview issue good for the next three. The magazine, which is dedicated primarily to outsourcing (full disclosure: I have written for this magazine in the past), Outsourcing 2010 special report features essays by 18 industry figures. All of the essays are from...
One of my managers once told me I wasn't at work to make friends. But connecting with co-workers is a key to fruitful work environments. In Fired up or Burned Out, author Michael Stallard begins by citing Gallup research showing that only three in ten Americans are engaged in their...
Devi Vallabhaneni believes that business managers are not true professionals. And she wants to change that. Vallabhaneni, a 37-year-old CPA and Harvard MBA, quit her business-development job in 2001 to found the Association of Professionals in Business Management, which has created two separate tests (and 34 pounds' worth...
It’s one of the most enduring myths in American business: the lone entrepreneur, struggling against the odds to transform vision into reality. But is it really accurate? There’s no question that small companies are almost always driven, at least at the outset, by the passion of a single risk-taking individual....
Back Row Left: Michael Van Lear, Heald College; Tony Ambrosi, Perot Systems; Michael Jackson, Aston Hotels; Kathy AK Ahsam, Aston at the Executive Center Hotel; Dr. Richard Kim, The Catalyst Group; Chris Harris, Shredex Records Management Front Row Left: Tim Fitzgerald, Shredex Records Management, Kayce Bosseth,...
Washington Mutual has promoted Michael Amatto to president of retail-banking distribution and Ken Kido to president of banking products and operations. Wamu is searching for a new head of its home loan business to allow Craig Chapman, who had been overseeing the unit, to focus on its commercial business. President...
Energy Editors/Business Editors IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--April 19, 2004 Toreador Resources Corporation (Nasdaq:TRGL)(TSX:TRX) will discuss highlights of its 2004 operations plan during its presentation April 21 at the Independent Petroleum Association of America's Oil & Gas Symposium in New York....
Energy Editors/Business Editors Howard Weil Energy Conference DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--March 30, 2004 Toreador Resources Corporation (Nasdaq:TRGL)(TSX:TRX) will discuss highlights of its 2004 operations plan during an investor breakfast it will host at the Howard Weil Energy Conference March 31 in New Orleans. G....
Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 2--LEGAL: Melinda Garcia and Amber C. Haskett have opened Garcia & Haskett LLP, Attorneys at Law in Pleasanton. The firm's practice areas include estate planning, litigation, trust administration, probate,...
By Helen Dunne, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 24--Money broker ICAP has been caught up in a major crisis in the US government bond market, which is beset by problems because dealers cannot find any ten-year...
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