Topic: Paul Newman

Profiting For a Good Cause

You know him as Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy, and -- last but not least -- the Salad Dressing Guy. But you may not know that actor Paul Newman is also a pioneer in outsourcing. In a good way, of course. In fact, the Newman's Own ...READ»

Fig Newmans

Paul Newman will be remembered for many things -- acting, philanthropy, race-car driving.  I will always think of him as an incredibly astute marketing guy. About ten years ago, I was lucky enough to visit the Newman's Own ...READ»

Work/Life: Bear Stearns Indictments...(Almost) Enough To Make A Grown Man Cry

  It is only natural for the human mind to connect seemingly disparate events and try to assign them a collective meaning. So it was as I prepared to write a little something about the recent indictments of two former ...READ»

Paul Newman: How We Live Our Lives

September 27 - It is particularly poignant to hear of Paul Newman’s death after spending three days of an immersion at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) with people who devote their lives to service and philanthropy. Dahlia ...READ»

Rackeetering Is An Organized Crime

The business of running a racket is called rackeetering.READ»

Impact: The Three Dollar Avocado

A new organic/natural food store just opened up in town. If you've ever been inside one of these massive chemical free superstores you can appreciate the experience. These are not your corner health food stores with rows of ...READ»

Celluloid Shooters

Lessons from Hollywood's most notorious gamblersREAD»

Why Market Your Company With Stick-on Emotion When You Can Tap the Real Thing?

Why market your company with stick-on emotion when you can tap the real thing?READ»

• Making Nice

McMartyr

Let's be honest. Health food under the golden arches is about as practical as a confession booth at a brothel. But that's exactly the case at McDonald's, where salad, water, and exercise brochures have made the Value Menu. At ...READ»

Cheat Sheet

Emerging lingo, celluloid leadership, and The Experience Economy.READ»

Where's the Loyalty?

If only I had a dollar for every time a cashier asked whether I had one of those loyalty cards ... and another buck for every time I answered, "No." Hey -- give me 50 cents more each time I'm asked if I want one of their blasted cards ...READ»

" The Hustler" (1961)

"Anything can be great, I don't care, brick laying can be great, if a guy knows what he's doing and why, and if he can make it come off."READ»

Liquidnet: Excellence Award for Innovative CSR/Philanthropy and CEO Leadership

Tonight, the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, co-founded by Paul Newman, will award Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. the Small Company Award for demonstrated excellence in philanthropy according to the following criteria: CEO ...READ»

Bobos " R" Us

David Brooks has seen the new American establishment -- and it is us! But has he discovered the power of latte-drinking, laptop-toting "bourgeois bohemians" just as the sun is setting on their glorious reign?READ»

Master of Deception

Police veteran Dennis Marlock has written the book (several of them, actually) on scams, cons, frauds -- all shapes and sizes of street-level deception. Which makes him an expert witness to what's gone wrong in the executive suites of corporate America. Does everyone lie? Aren't we too smart to get conned? Some honest talk about dishonest business.READ»