“WE’RE GOING TO FIND WAYS TO LIVE AT THE EDGE,” SAYS WALMART E-COMMERCE CHIEF NEIL ASHE. “EVERY THREE OR SIX MONTHS, YOU’LL SEE SOMETHING COME OUT FROM US THAT WILL MAKE YOU SAY ‘WOW.’” What a great goal statement — for anyone — for everyone — regardless of who they be or what they […]
“There’s a crisis in American business that many people don’t like to talk about. It’s the baloney crisis.” So starts Harold S. Geneen, former CEO of ITT, in his 1997 book, The Synergy Myth. Geneen, if you’re not familiar with him, virtually invented the corporation-as-international-conglomerate phenomenon in the 1960’s and 70’s and became one of, if
Some things take time. A LOT of time. More time than we’d like them to – like that promotion we were promised year; approval for that non-budgeted project we recommended last quarter; staff recommendations on those procedural changes we asked for last month; or any number of other things we’ve been wanting, and waiting for,
Baseball fans know that an important trade deadline is coming. And with those extra wildcard spots being added to this year’s post-season, MLB general manager’s everywhere are busy-busy-busy — even if only as ‘sellers’ as the Cubs are [sigh]. The trade deadline is important because in order for a player to be eligible to play
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Perhaps you’ve seen this video of Arcade Fire performing Neon Bible … live … in an elevator. Good stuff. Did you notice the percussionist, though? Since an elevator is obviously too small a place for a full drum set (along with 7 people and all their assorted instruments) he’s there banging on the elevator ceiling
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