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Topic: Saddam Hussein

  
BUSINESS TRAVEL   |  Comment

" Now we live!"

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 93
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45 AM

Ride along with a consultant who's sniffing out business opportunities in Iraq.READ»

EMPLOYEE TERMINATION   |  4 comments

Into Thin Air

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 55
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:49 AM

Maybe offshoring is good for the economy in the long run. Maybe it will boost productivity and save companies. But it's causing real pain to real people. And they never thought it would happen to them.READ»

AMBASSADOR JOSEPH WILSON   |  Comment

A Small Business Lesson I Learned from a Spy.

BY Susan Solovic
Relevancy Score: 46
Wed Nov 26, 2008 at 12:07 PM

I was speechless (and for me that hardly ever happens) when I met Valerie Plame Wilson last week at a VIP reception in New York hosted by the Women's Leadership Exchange (WLE) and Aetna.  You may recall, Valerie is the former CIA ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

The People Who Win The Wars

BY Michael Abrashoff
Relevancy Score: 43
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:41 AM

No matter how brilliantly the big brass plans wars, the outcome depends on the people who fight them.READ»

GLOBALIZATION   |  Comment

Culture

BY Anne Kreamer and Kurt Andersen
Relevancy Score: 37
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:37 AM

Anne Having read each new newspaper story about the impending war with Iraq, I'm familiar with (and not entirely unsympathetic to) the Bush administration's rationale: We need to prevent Saddam from deploying biological and nuclear ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  7 comments

The Virus of Marketing

BY Jeffrey Rayport
Relevancy Score: 34
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:41 PM

When it comes to getting a message out with little time, minimal budgets, and maximum effect, nothing on earth beats a virus.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

What If Your ID Badge Says Halliburton?

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 34
Wed Dec 17, 2003 at 2:21 PM

"At the time of the capture [Saddam] had $750,000 in cash on him. They think he was trying to buy three gallons of gas from Halliburton." -- Jay Leno "I did not have financial relations with that company." -- ficticious quote ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  3 comments

In Search of Courage

BY John McCain
Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:45 AM

Finding the courage within you.READ»

TECHNOLOGY   |  1 comment

Fear: The Next Growth Business?

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 25
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:13 AM

What recession? Last week, at the conference of the American Society for Industrial Security, companies showed off mission-critical technologies and wrestled with the challenges of hypergrowth. A dispatch from the front lines of the anxiety economy.READ»

TECHNOLOGY   |  Comment

Boomtown, U.S.A.

BY Charles Fishman
Relevancy Score: 20
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:34 AM

Far from the front lines of combat, there is a place where people do the unlikeliest work imaginable. Here is the story of the men and women of McAlester, Oklahoma, who run the factory that makes virtually every non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal.READ»

GENDER RELATIONS   |  Comment

Power

BY Harriet Rubin
Relevancy Score: 20
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:35 AM

"I've never seen a time like this," says Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News and, for the past 20 years, one of the greatest architects of power in the country. Ailes has a gift: He knows what makes people stars. He's most ...READ»

GLOBALIZATION   |  Comment

(Al Jazeera 1.0) A Decade of Discord

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 20
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:07 AM

Take a look at the history of the Arabic news channel.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Soft Stuff Is the Hard Stuff, and Other Lessons From Iraq

BY John Ellis
Relevancy Score: 19
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:40 AM

The metaphor that equates war and business is about as wrong as you can get -- unless you know what similarities to look for. For business leaders who are studying the war in Iraq, here are five lessons worth learning.READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS   |  Comment

What We Learned In The New Economy: Profiles

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 19
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:48 AM

What We Learned A Brief History Profiles Vocabulary Where Are They Now? What You Learned Keeping The First Chapter From Being The Last Joe Kraus Cofounder, Excite.com Joe Kraus looks as if he just strolled out of a ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

" Nothing Is Easy in Iraq. But You Can't Not Do It."

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 18
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:44 AM

A British brigadier on the rebuilding of Iraq's police force.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  1 comment

Fast Talk: The Business of Politics

BY Michael A. Prospero
Relevancy Score: 17
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:46 AM

What skills do business leaders most rely on when they make a switch to public service? And what have these five businesspeople turned politicians learned?READ»

INNOVATION   |  9 comments

Unplanned Obsolescence

BY Richard Shaffer
Relevancy Score: 16
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:23 AM

Grameen's famous Village Phone Program lifted thousands out of poverty-- and helped Muhammad Yunus win the Nobel Peace Prize. The problem: It's not working anymore.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Digging Out

BY David Axe
Relevancy Score: 14
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:16 AM

The idea of putting people to work was largely neglected after the invasion of Iraq. Now, as debate mounts over troop withdrawals, one strategy might help fill the void.READ»

GLOBALIZATION   |  12 comments

Al Jazeera's (Global) Mission

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 13
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:07 AM

Can an English-language news network with radioactive DNA actually be good for Brand America? U.S. business better hope so.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Operation - Leadership

BY Eli Cohen and Noel Tichy
Relevancy Score: 12
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:05 AM

General Peter Schoomaker sees a new world of crisis and conflict that requires "creative solutions in ambiguous circumstances." His assignment: the recruitment and training of a new kind of problem-solving, combat-ready "warrior diplomat."READ»

TECHNOLOGY   |  Comment

Fresh Start 2002: Nonstop Flight

BY Charles Fishman
Relevancy Score: 12
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:33 AM

America's B-52 bomber doesn't need a fresh start. It is a marvel of patience and persistence -- and it may fly for 40 years more. In a world gripped by recession and war, it may be a symbol of the future.READ»

China in Africa
CARL LEVIN   |  Comment

China's New Oil Supplier

BY Richard Behar
Relevancy Score: 12
Sun Jun 1, 2008 at 1:00 PM

When my plane smacks down in Equatorial Guinea -- where if the captain misses the runway, you could end up in Cameroon -- I become the first American journalist to visit this pint-sized republic (population: 550,000) in nearly three ...READ»

The Wal-Mart You Don't Know
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   |  61 comments

The Wal-Mart You Don't Know

BY Charles Fishman
Relevancy Score: 8
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?READ»