Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Economics is all about consumption. As you know, 'good times' don't last forever.yet, people want to believe they do. Like the turkey, who believes good times are commonplace until the third week of November, most people expect the good times to roll on. And so, they only see what they are looking for. If you understand that there are business cycles, you look for the unexpected and when it surfaces, you see it long before others do.

Class 90

Class Industry Marketing Finance 90

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 20, 2011

In the December 18, 2011 edition of the New York Times , Thomas L. Friedman wrote about the great unraveling of traditional leadership across the globe: The main driver, I believe, is the merger of globalization and the Information Technology revolution. Both of them achieved a critical mass in the first decade of the 21st century that has resulted in the democratization — all at once — of so many things that neither weak states nor weak companies can stand up against.

Leadership 106

Leadership Information Technology Bottom-up Globalization 106