global economy

The Future Of The Automotive Industry: Segway’s CFO Brian Cohen Shares His Views

Greg Selker — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:05:59 -0400

Segway is known for its zero emmision personal transport vehicle seen in shopping malls, airports and many city streets. However, their recent agreement with GM has them entering the next generation electric car marketplace and attempting to dramatically alter the paradigm of transportation in the process. Our most recent Leadership Interview is with Brian Cohen, Segway’s Chief Financial Officer. Brian has over 20 years of high-tech financial leadership in rapidly growing early stage and publicly traded companies.

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Welcome to the New Work+Life Flex Normal

Cali Yost — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:44:32 -0400

Last year an economic bomb detonated and laid to waste the rules and institutions that have guided our decisions related to work, life and business for

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Eco Innovation in Tough Times

James Todhunter — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:16:08 -0500

I was sitting with executives from a company in the lifecycle assessment space this morning. As we were discussing the industry trends, I couldn’t help thinking about recent articles I’d read in the Wall Street Journal. Eco-innovation is under a lot from pressure from the economic squeeze companies are feeling.

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So if the Global Economy stresses teamwork and collaboration, then why are resumes all about individual accomplishments?

Joshua Letourneau — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:06:46 -0500

With all the talk about the necessity for teamwork and collaboration given the further decentralizing of the Global Economy . . . then why are resumes all about marketing our individual accomplishments?

As an Executive Recruiter, here's the true irony I can pass on:

If a candidate or job seeker has the word 'team' in their resume more than 2 - 3 times, HR often perceives that the individual is stressing collaborative accomplishments because they have none to claim as their own.

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China Storms Africa

Fast Company staff — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:00:00 -0400

By: Richard Behar Sun Jun 1, 2008 at 1:00 PM
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Special Report: China Storms Africa

Richard Behar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0400

The No. 2 killer in Africa by parasite, after malaria, is an organism called Entamoeba histolytica -- or "Eh" for short. It was discovered in 1873, the year it took the life of missionary-explorer David Livingstone, that great champion of British imperialism on what his countrymen called the Dark Continent. I know this because, when I returned home from reporting in the sub-Sahara, the same pathogen was drilling through the walls of my gut.
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China Surpasses U.S. as Leader in Sub-Sahara

Richard Behar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0400

That the West is losing the sub-Sahara does not come as news in Africa itself. One leader after another has been explicit on this point, from Senegal's president ("Today, it is very clear that Europe is close to losing the battle of competition in Africa") to Botswana's president ("I find that the Chinese treat us as equals; the West treats us as former subjects") to Nigeria's president at a banquet for China's President Hu ("This is the century for China to lead the world. And when you are leading the world, we want to be very close behind you").
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