All the daily life activity around me pales in comparison to one event that started 11 days ago. Even though I have a list of topics to write about, I can’t seem to get there, because this takes precedence in my life, consuming most of my thoughts. A week ago last Saturday, I was […]
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Meg Whitman: California’s Next Governor?
Speaking to the Women Presidents Organization last Thursday near San Diego, eBay‘s former CEO discussed her past, present, and future to a crowd of about 600. As interesting as her past is, Meg Whitman’s future is bound to be a wild roller coaster ride. She hopes to be California’s next Governor, a state whose […]
Susan Boyle Gobsmacks the World
Worry lines telegraphed the internal concerns about the economy at a round table meeting of women company presidents today. Heated discussion ricocheted from one side of the table to another around intense topics such as Goldman Sachs, TARP money, and the bailout. Then one executive mentioned Susan Boyle, the unlikely sensation from last weekend’s Britian’s […]
Rodney Johnson, President of HS Dent, Answers Your Questions
Hello to everyone who participated in the You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought teleconference call in March with the President of HS Dent, Rodney Johnson. Took me a while to post ’cause I came down with a big case of the flu. Just now getting back in the swing and catching up. […]
Shakespeare on Risk: Anything New Under the Sun?
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. William […]
Lords of Finance
If it hasn’t already, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by former World Bank economist Liaquat Ahamed and hedge fund advisor, is one book that needs to catch your attention. Four men, as Mr. Ahamed tells the tale, revamped the world banking system at the end of WWI and set the stage […]
Add a Dash of Einstein
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility. Albert Einstein. I have Einstein on my brain, not just because I like the quote above. Even though he couldn’t come up with a unified field theory, Einstein wasn’t just sharp about physics. He had a lot of other things to say as well. The world […]
Sex Isn’t Selling? Martin Lindstrom’s Buyology
In spite of conventional wisdom, the research reveals other factors are far more important if you’re spending millions of dollars to push product. That’s what best seller Martin Lindstrom tells us in his new book Buyology. It’s called neuromarketing and it’s hot. Martin has been studying the neurology and neuroimaging of thousands of people in one […]
Jamaican R&R
Jamaica. I’m headed to Jamaica for a long weekend. You’re going where? This lush and sensuous Caribbean isle filled with touristy “all-inclusive” resorts, gated and sanitized, has hardly been top of mind for the jet set in recent years. I went to Jamaica a few times as a child, had fond memories. When I […]
Executive Recruiter Nancy Keene: Becoming Indispensable Part III
I’ve been writing a lot recently on how to become indispensable. This is one idea, directly or indirectly, I talk about with my clients all the time. It’s really another take on the idea of creating value. In today’s new economic reality, where people are scared out of their wits and freaked out about jobs, […]