The situation that we have been facing lately with China is an especially interesting scenario. It seems that most mass media aims to use scare tactics that devote too much attention to China’s rapid growth rate and why we should be concerned about it. I know I’m even a little guilty of calling our readers’ attentions to this fact. Now I’d like to elaborate on the flip side: why China’s growth could spur one of the biggest economic expansions ever, both in America and around the world.
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Command and Control
In my opinion, the presence of a dominant, alpha-male complex, is an integral part of the managerial psyche. However, I do agree with Bob Brennan, the Iron Mountain CEO, that the negative effects of this trait may interfere with the efficiency of a working environment. John T. Landy analyzes this balancing effect in Breaking the Command and Control Reflex. Effectively, both Brennan and Landy affirm that in the current upper-management arena, employees still operate with a questioning attitude towards cooperation. As Brennan presents it, “Most managers can’t help but see collaboration as a kind of threat to their territory, and they raise a variety of ‘defense mechanisms’ to thwart it.”
The Verizon iPhone
Unless you just woke up, have been at work all day (and not reading the news online), or simply never cared before, you ought to be well aware due to this morning’s media surge that the Apple iPhone has finally come to Verizon. Continue reading
Current Read: The Intelligent Entrepreneur by Bill Murphy
The Intelligent Entrepreneur is a fantastic mixture of entrepreneurial advice and challenging, yet encouraging, business anecdotes. The latter focus on the entrepreneurial evolution of three Harvard Business School graduates. In the first chapter, Murphy explains how he chose which aspiring businessmen and businesswomen to follow. Being that he was only assessing the development of HBS students, he realized that his subjects were already beginning at the top of the totem pole, however he tried to pick three students without profuse advantages that wouldn’t otherwise be available to the average entrepreneur.
Change = Opportunity
The September 2010 issue of Entrepreneur magazine featured the following quote in an article about how one man was making millions in the retail sector:
Anytime there is a dramatic shift in the way business is being conducted, there is opportunity.-Adam Bernhard, Hautelook CEO
Illinois Taxes… Again
I managed to wake up on time this morning, actually early enough to grab a mediocre-at-best dining hall breakfast. It was a pleasant surprise that the fake eggs were freshly faked, as opposed to the usual unfortunate circumstance of having sat in the hot pan for an indeterminate length of time. Continue reading
Is the music album even relevant anymore?
An October 2010 article from Fast Company got me thinking: in our era of iPods, custom playlists, and streaming services, does the album really have a place or purpose? Continue reading
Pessimism for Business Success
A semi-recent article that appeared on Inc.com especially caught my interest, as it provides some legitimate business advice that isn’t drenched in chocolatey calorie-sauce, unnecessary sugar-coating, or a blanket of unsuitable and potentially deceiving optimism. Let’s break that down: Continue reading
