var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Edward E. Whitacre Jr. the new CEO and Chairman of GM says: "Give people more responsibility and authority deeper in the organization, and then hold them accountable." GeneralContinue reading “Edward E. Whitacre Jr. : “Give people more responsibility and authority deeper in the organization…””
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Dubai World debt crisis : Dubai is “too big to fail”
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} 60 Billion $ does not sound like much given that we have had so many Trillion $ debt problems. But the Dubai World move to seek a sixContinue reading “Dubai World debt crisis : Dubai is “too big to fail””
Implementing Insurance for the Uninsured- a view from Hartford Connecticut -The Insurance Capital of the World
We are near Hartford, Connecticut the Insurance capital so my views are biased in favor of the industry. More so when I learnt that Aetna Chairman and CEO Ronald Williams has regretfully announced 1200 job cuts in the next four months.
Where are the jobs? Some tips and cheer for tough times
Some years ago, we had a recruitment consultant speaker at one of the associations I am involved with. A participant asked the question: What should someone who is 60+ and looking for work- do? The speaker was a seasoned older professional from New York and not used to mincing his words …. ” This did not happen to you suddenly” was his answer, which I thought was rather cruel at the time.But today when I think about it, we tend to neglect our own professional development , even when everything is going rather well.
Input-Process-Output and Executive Bonus— Should we be outraged?
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} The public is generally outraged at executives receiving bonus at the firms that had received bailout money. At first, this outrage seems "fair" but it is worthwhile toContinue reading “Input-Process-Output and Executive Bonus— Should we be outraged?”
Happy Diwali from Downing Street and the White House
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Buyer Supplier Relationships gets Nobel Prize in Oliver Williamson
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}With 11 out of 13 Nobel Prizes coming to the US the Economics winners Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson got sparse press. This despite Elinor Ostrom being the firstContinue reading “Buyer Supplier Relationships gets Nobel Prize in Oliver Williamson”
Global B2B implications of Obama Nobel Prize, Free Global Telephony and Twitter
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} No sooner I found out that President Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize , I called my old friend from Vadodara,India – the longtime hometown andContinue reading “Global B2B implications of Obama Nobel Prize, Free Global Telephony and Twitter”
Gen McChrystal on Afghanistan Strategy -Less worried about security leaks than ignorance
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} On Sunday we had the new US General McChrystal on 60 minutes in an impressive interview with David Martin. I am familiar with the Mahabharata ( aboutContinue reading “Gen McChrystal on Afghanistan Strategy -Less worried about security leaks than ignorance”
Resurgence of innovation at Pittsburgh and the G-20 Summit
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Driving around the former steel towns can be daunting with rusty steel towers and Pittsburgh is one such former steel town. But when you hear Pittsburgh leaders talk,Continue reading “Resurgence of innovation at Pittsburgh and the G-20 Summit”