The global spread of the occupy Wall Street movement is a tipping point for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) . Just check out the CBS News Video report from yesterday that includes Pete from NYU who is planning to drop out of his Finance program to help manage the funds of the movement. "Economic justice" isContinue reading “Occupy Wall Street goes global-tipping point for Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR)”
Category Archives: Leadership and Management
Organizational routines are much maligned to hinder innovation but are critical for execution
Somehow organizational routines have got a bad rep (reputation) when it comes to innovation. "Not invented here" is that kind of view where "tradition" and "custom" takes precedence above trying to do something new or innovative. But guess what ? "Customs" bring us closer to being a tribe which is amusingly one of our basicContinue reading “Organizational routines are much maligned to hinder innovation but are critical for execution”
Information is power- or is it? move out of shuffling information as a knowledge worker
In the paper and pre-Internet age information was power and organizations had people who just had a piece of information and did not share it with others mostly out of oversight and sometimes out of the intent of holding on the "power." Today with Google,social media, wiki-leaks access to information is just too high andContinue reading “Information is power- or is it? move out of shuffling information as a knowledge worker”
Steve Jobs quotes that inspire innovation
This blog has innovation as one of it’s main themes and feels sad at the passing of Steve Jobs the Apple founder tonight (October 5, 2011) , (see a Steve Jobs post here ). For Steve Jobs epitomised “innovation” and its key drivers. Innovation enthusiasts will continue to be inspired by Steve Jobs and here are three of his quotes:\
Will Alan Krueger be able to help with the immediate employment problem?
Alan Krueger has been named to the top job of Chairing the Council of Economic Advisers. Compared to his predecessors Krueger is a far more influential academic. Influence being measured by the number of times Alan Krueger's work is cited in the academic world. To have an entire first page of Google Scholar in excessContinue reading “Will Alan Krueger be able to help with the immediate employment problem?”
Feedback is really important in the ICT Model of input-process-output
Given the interest of blog readers on the ICT model based on a past post, it’s important to emphasize the value of feedback to the inputs and process part of the ICT model. To recall the ICT (or Information Communication Technology) model is depicted as input—> process—> output with a feedback loop to input from the quality of the output as depicted in the ICT diagram above. The feedback is really important.
Organizations get global but Governments struggle local : French downgrade and London riots
Americans secretly admire French style and wine but publicly deride French fries – so its particularly unsettling that a French credit downgrade is affecting Wall Street and millions of Americans' retirement savings. And then you have the London riots where Prime Minbister Cameron is talking about learning how the leadership in Boston (USA) and BelfastContinue reading “Organizations get global but Governments struggle local : French downgrade and London riots”
The “stability predictability” challenge : why the Fed’s action might help jobs
The stunning decline of the stock market on Monday after the S&P downgrade left one wondering as did the waiting with bated breath of the stock market to the Fed announcement. Coming out and saying that interest rates will not change till 2013 does a lot to help both the market and organizations feel less Continue reading “The “stability predictability” challenge : why the Fed’s action might help jobs”
US credit downgrade : dealing with the no-college degree unemployed
This blog is not particularly worried about Standard and Poor's dire prognosis of AA+ for the US Government although it is a temporary set back for the stock market. However, I am concerned about the underlying message of of the S&P downgrade -which is not so much about the US Government's solvency but more aboutContinue reading “US credit downgrade : dealing with the no-college degree unemployed”
A town level SEC for investing in local small business
With globalization it is easier and easier to buy stocks in a variety of growth markets or in large US companies who are under pressure to turn a profit and therefore outsource jobs for lower costs. Meanwhile the most stellar small businesses have a hard time in finding small money to finance a website upgrade,Continue reading “A town level SEC for investing in local small business”