Nonsense At Work

Become a skeptic. We are beginning to hear lots of conflicting reports about the state of the economy.  It’s getting better.  No, it’s getting worse.  Better! Worse! Did!  Didn’t!  Did too! Oh for Pete’s sake!  ...READ»

Seven Big Names to Watch This Week

Stephen Colbert Goes Iraqi Late night faux-newsman Stephen Colbert will be broadcasting four shows from Baghdad, Iraq next week in a USO tour entitled, "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando." Colbert is ...READ»

5 Ways Big Business Weathers the Economic Storm

Cisco, Corning, IBM, Intel, and Schwab have weathered worse economic storms. Here are five strategies they're using to come out of this one even stronger.READ»

• Corning's Rings of Defense: A Survival Strategy That Grew Out of the Telecom Crash
• How Big Blue Is Pursuing Its Share of $101 Billion in Tech Stimulus Spending
• Schwab's Pep Talk: Using Community to Reassure Jittery Consumers
• Cisco's Web Engine: A Growth Machine

SIFMA Technology Management Conference

It's been a tough year for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Two of its members -- Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns -- lost billions and are no more, leaving the industry feeling, well, insecure. Now ...READ»

Innovation in a Tough Economy

InnovationLabs has released the results of a survey, "Innovation in a Tough Economy." Although I do have some questions about those surveyed (How many? Who are they?), the results do share the answers to the survey's ...READ»

In a Tight Spot? Destroy Sacred Zombie Cows!

At this point in our economic distress cycle, most have trimmed so much fat they are in danger of cutting muscle. Yet, the challenges continue. A good friend who works at the Fed reminded me yesterday at our sons' soccer game that the ...READ»

The Next China?

The ambassador to the UN from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) told me recently that every government agency in his country has a sustainability plan out to the year 2030. The most significant part of that policy exercise is the fact they need to develop an economy beyond oil - - because they expect to run out of it by then.READ»

S.COOP Coins Perpetuate a Localized Economy

World economies are crumbling, so maybe we should just scrap them completely and start over. That's the idea behind Mexican artist Minerva Cueva's S.COOP coins, which have been given to retailers in London's Petticoat Lane Market. ...READ»

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Moving Beyond Consumption

For the next few days I plan to explore what I am calling the Age of Involvement: the role of participation in an information society and how it leads to an expanded view of our economy. I am not an economist and have never studied ...READ»

Clean Technology at Innotech

Investing in clean technology might be the way out of this messy economy, but first you've got to tackle things like leveraging the stimulus package and "mapping the green IT landscape." More than 30 leading professions ...READ»