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- Soros: "Depression Cannot Be Ruled Out"
- Â George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management, has predicted "a deep recession is now inevitable and the possibility of a depression cannot be ruled out." Speaking before the US House of Representatives committee on oversight and government reform, Soros admitted that hedge fund...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Be Hard to Kill
- There's never a good time to start a business -- so there's never a bad time. Even today, when banks are more risk-averse than ever, is as good a time as any, believes venture capitalist Saul Klein. That goes for launching new products, too. Google and Skype are just a...
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Don't Penalise Your People in a Downturn
- Sometimes, all a business can do in the face of recession is accept that it will make less money, says John Timpson, chairman of the UK-wide Timpson chain of dry-cleaning, shoe repair and locksmiths outlets. But it doesn't pay to penalise your employees. There may be parts...
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Ross Resignations a Necessity
- David Ross's resignation from Carphone Warehouse has been swiftly followed by other board departures, this time from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games LOCOG and National Express. Ross was appointed to Mayor Boris Johnson's 2012 planning board (it's an unpaid role) in May this year. But...
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- How Do You Define Time Management?
- What does time management mean to you? Marginal Revolution's got a series of definitions, starting with this sentence: All people are equally good at time management, but some people are more willing than others to admit that they are doing what they want to...
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- 7 Talent Management Questions Directors Should Be Asking
- Â Thinking Managers picks up Claudia Lacy Kelly's piece in BusinessWeek on the seven questions the board should be asking about the company's talent management strategy. Succession planning: what plans are in place? There are three types of succession strategies the business...
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- Science Funding's Too Safe... and Other Finds
- In search of Einstein: The UK's generous but safe approach to scientific funding will never yield the kind of revolutionary results of an Einstein or Crick and Watson, finds Tom Feilden. Nice idea, but the timing's a little off: London charity The Brokerage has a new website...
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- 5 Cheap and Cheerful Party Options
- Â If your business generally holds some kind of party at year's end, now's not the time to play Scrooge, advises Penny de Valk of the Institute of Leadership & Management. Some people dread the annual knees-up -- but cancel the Christmas party and...
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- "Black Friday" and Silver Linings
- Another "Black Friday"... HBOS debts will exceed £8bn -- up £3.2bn since September alone. The US senate's rejection of a $14bn bail-out for Detroit's "Big Three" car-makers will cause plenty of alarm on this side of the Atlantic -- compounding other cutbacks in production days at the BMW-owned Mini plant...
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- HR: Are You Ready for the Workplace of 2009?
- HR has a big role to play in helping their employers weather a downturn. But HR professionals may need to adapt to the new demands of the workplace. They should take the initiative and start talking to senior executives in a language they will understand, says Dr John Sullivan in...
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
- Would You Bail Out Jaguar Land Rover?
- Britain's already pledged £400bn to the banks -- a necessary step, most would argue, to prevent economic collapse. But what about further bail-outs in other struggling sectors? When is government intercession essential to the UK's economic survival? So far, the government's resisted further...
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Irreplaceable Jobs?
- Â Steve Jobs privacy's come at some cost. But if Apple is concerned that its share price rises and falls with the weight of its founder, it's taken a while to show it. The cause of Jobs's dwindling weight has fuelled rumours for over...
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- Pimco Boss: US Economy's One Giant Ponzi Scheme
- Madoff is just a fall guy, according to Pimco managing director Bill Gross. "Madoff’s scheme has a host of culpable look-alikes and one has only to begin with the mortgage market to understand the similarities," writes Gross in a slightly ranty January investment newsletter. As the UK's...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Does Innovation Require Desperation?
- What do you do when your close competitors start slashing prices? Retailers claim that quality matters more than ever, but that presumes your business is offering a product or service of markedly higher quality than your cheaper competitor. Customers "seldom" want to pay the difference, reckons London...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Hat Tip: 'Generation Crunch' Faces Jobs Crisis
- Under 25-year-olds have been re-named "Generation Crunch" by the Guardian, where a report highlights the bleak prospects facing graduates as the credit crisis takes its toll on recruitment. A generation used to generous job offers and £10,000-'golden hellos' are having to adjust to a tough new...
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- 'Golden Hellos' Lack Lustre
- The government's claiming it will spend millions -- £500m -- to avoid shelling out billions for the long-term unemployed of the future. This is in addition to £1bn pledged to help those who'd lost their jobs before Christmas, apparently. But its plans to get the long-term unemployed...
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- It's a Dirty Job...
- Don't fancy your career prospects in the UK? How about this for a job? Tourism Queensland's offering one lucky jobseeker the opportunity to, er, work on Hamilton Island in Australia's Whitsunday Islands. Duties include exploring the islands of the Great Barrier Reef to...
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- The Top 10 CEOs for 2008
- I've been reading more about the beneficial effect of spreading good cheer. On this basis, take Management Today's annual round-up of Britain's most admired companies as the local antidote to 24/7's CEO ousting list. The MTÂ listing is compiled by peers -- among those who steer the decision...
- Blog posts 2008-12-08
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Blame the Bystanders to the Meltdown
- Taxpayers, retirees, "perhaps even capitalism and free society" has been mugged. What's happened in the financial markets is a crime, and it's made worse by the fact there were plenty of bystanders who stood by and watched daylight robbery, say authors Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who wrote "The Black Swan", and Pablo Triana, whose...
- Blog posts 2008-12-08
- Credit Crunch Stocking Stuffers
- Tip to the FT: so business and economic forecasts have proved inaccurate? Try this instead, courtesy of Alphaville... A crystal ball that can predict changes in the weather, traffic and the stockmarket? Could there be a better Christmas gift? Or something for the stress bunny -- Squeeze...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
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