No, not Dubya's. The president's first cousin Jonathan is an entrepreneur whose company, athenahealth, is trying to free doctors from the nightmare of insurance paperwork so they can get back to practicing medicine.READ»
It seems one comment can completely hijack a discussion. The first comment on my recent post about Dunkin' Donuts blasted middle-class Americans who voted for George Bush. That triggered a flame-fest between Bush haters and Bush ...READ»
Where do you find courage in this country? Not in the southern or western U.S., which overwhelming succumbed to the Bush campaign's fear mongering and Dick Cheney's demented suggestion that a vote for John Kerry is a vote for the ...READ»
On Thursday night we'll get treated to some of the finest political oratory this land has to offer when John Kerry, tall and tan, dull and drab, squares off for the first time against George W. Bush, whose license to use the English ...READ»
“Presidential candidate George Bush will be active in making pronouncements in the coming weeks… He wants to define himself before his opponents do it for him,” intoned a radio commentator when the previous Bush became ...READ»
A lot of ink was spilled recently on Wednesday's less than dramatic announcement of President Bush's space exploration agenda. Author and professor Paul Davies has among the most original suggestions for livening up the ...READ»
I love flip-flopping as I look at the Presidential campaign through the lens of emotional intelligence. Maybe I should run for office.
Here goes my current iteration.
Obama is a charmer, not a fighter. Clinton is a ...READ»
I admit – I do enjoy reading (or skimming) management books. In my career, a few have been very helpful. Many are useful, helping to re-invigorate and focus as attention and time can be diverted by the mundane tasks of day to day ...READ»
This year, for the first time, the new economy and a presidential election collide. In exclusive interviews, Fast Company asks Al Gore and George Bush about growth, innovation, change, and leadership.READ»
Today, the money fueling climate-change management is found in scientific research and government sponsored grants. But corporations may consider hiring climate-change managers to help them anticipate and mitigate the business impact ...READ»
It's always bugged me that President Bush can't pronounce the word nuclear. I thought it was because I am a speech person, thus prone to being critical about such things. Until lately, however, the only people to call him on it ...READ»
In the current issue of New York, Kurt Andersen laments America's age of lame-duckism, "in which the discredited and obsolete and totally over shuffle around in the limelight for years after their sell-by dates."
Andersen artfully ...READ»
Yesterday, the fate of Minnesota's Senate seat, undecided since the November election, was finally decided; the margin, out of 2.9 million votes cast, all of 312. Congratulations to Senator Al Franken.
In 2000, George W. Bush's ...READ»
I am working on a follow up book to Straight Talk for Success. The working title is The Official Guide to Success. I have been interviewing experts in each of the five keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk: Self ...READ»
No self-respecting marketer could possibly condone the way George W. Bush and John F. Kerry are spending their sales and marketing budgets.
Even though record-breaking sums were lavished upon television commercials in the months ...READ»
The back-and-forth waffling seems to be over. President Bush signed the do-not-call list into law today, paving the way for the FTC to establish the directory as planned -- and the FCC to enforce penalties because of recent federal ...READ»
Eighteen years after a far less furrowed Ayn Rand acolyte named Alan Greenspan took over the Federal Reserve, the inscrutable chairman marked his final appearance before Congress today. This amazing longevity -- consider that he held ...READ»
On Wednesday, Congress passed a bill 315-116 which would increase the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 in just over a two-year time frame. This, of course, assumes that the U.S. Senate can pass a similar bill that ultimately ...READ»
Did you watch 60 Minutes last night? The primary news segment was about the CIA's Extraordinary Rendition program. Reportedly, they basically kidnap suspected terrorists and fly them to countries where torture is allowed, such as ...READ»
The FutureGen clean coal project just won't die. The nearly decade-old project has been killed, reborn, and reshaped so many times that we almost forgot it was still around. But it is--albeit in a less ambitious form.READ»
A track record, my kingdom for a track record.
In my last blog I spoke about leaders needing to engender trust, because when people trust they feel safe, lean towards you and are more willing to listen to you. When people don't ...READ»
