Topic: Vietnam

Agrichar

I am interested in Agrichar and seeing how to become involved in it. It seems to be particularly useful in two countries - Australia & Vietnam.  READ»

Tropic Thunder is a Lightning Rod of Controversy

The storm of controversy surrounding faux-Vietnam War film, Tropic Thunder, emerged late last week when disability advocacy groups began protesting the comedy's portrayal of the intellectually disabled. But the movie's premise, about ...READ»

Despite crisis, Vietnam a lot more attractive investment than Thailand, senior executives agree

63% of senior business executives believe that Vietnam is now a more attractive investment opportunity than Thailand, according to figures released this week by Solidiance.READ»

The Future of Sustainability, Shaped by Bamboo

Vo Trong Nghia's bamboo architecture injects sustainable building techniques into Vietnam's vernacular tradition.READ»

The Future of Sustainability, Shaped by Bamboo

Vo Trong Nghia's bamboo architecture injects sustainable building techniques into vernacular tradition.READ»

Positive Deviant

Jerry Sternin's job was to help save starving children in Vietnam. Faced with an impossible time frame, he adopted a radical approach to making change. His idea: Real change begins from the inside.READ»

"Be Prepared To Re-Examine Your Reasoning" - What Robert McNamara Taught Me About Business & Recruiting

In a riveting excerpt from "The Fog of War", the U.S. Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara, offers the following advice: "Be prepared to re-examine your reasoning." I often say ...READ»

Summer Reading: Why More People Are Listening to Books

Fast Interview: In this Q&A, Audible founder and CEO Donald Katz talks about what's popular this summer, the business of the spoken word, how life has changed since Amazon acquired his company, and why the "no asshole rule" is a vital corporate principle.READ»

• The Best Business Books of 2007

Religious Pilgrims Get a Masterfully Simple Rest Stop

It's easy to get overloaded with design candy, and it's just as easy to forget how simple good architecture can be. And it doesn't get any simpler than this sanctuary, which will sit along a path in Mexico that every year, during holy week, sees 2 million religious pilgrims ...READ»

Business As War

Business in the New Economy is a civilized version of war. Companies, not countries, are battlefield rivals.READ»

Vietnam ramps up to 3G launch

I was in Vietnam in the middle of May, and it was my first visit. I was really overwhelmed by the extent of modernization that is taking place there...READ»

Face Time With Fred Smith

The founder of Federal Express and the creator of overnight delivery is obsessed with time and the pursuit of speed. He learned everything he knows about leadership from the marines. And he gets choked up at the movies.READ»

By the Book Leadership

Six leaders recommend the nonbusiness books that influenced them most.READ»

Loving It: Lessons from a Journalist

One of the enduring images of journalist and author David Halberstam is of him fording a stream in the jungles of Vietnam. What is striking about the photograph is the expression on Halberstam’s face; he’s flashing a wide ...READ»

Are You Writing a Memoir or an Autobiography? How to Tell the Difference

It may seem like a small point, but before you sit down to record the events of your life, you should know: Are you writing a memoir or an autobiography? In casual conversation, most people use the terms ...READ»

Green (Fri)Day: The Upside of No Cheap Chinese

Recently, articles in both the New York Times and Slate have warned that American stores may no longer be so awash in supercheap Asian imports. Not only is the dollar weakening, but inflation and economic growth in countries like ...READ»

Bamboo Living's School is Earthquake and Hurricane Safe

Traditional brick school facades could become a thing of the past as educational institutions aim for sustainability. Last week, I took a look at Project FROG's modular school design, and now Bamboo Living has announced that the ...READ»

Future Shock

The New York Times is reporting (free registration required) that the Census Bureau targets October as the month when the 300-millionth American will be born. What I find most interesting is the outlook from 1967, when the ...READ»

Design Rules

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Boomtown, U.S.A.

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»

As Always, We Begin With Fodder For Thought

Listen. Think. Communicate. Do. http://web.archive.org/web/20041030103328/www.bizforward.com/wdc/issues/1999-12/analysis/ The Crucible Once They Were Four Young Military Aides Thrown Into Lyndon Johnson's White ...READ»

What Is Courage?

William Ian Miller wrote the book on courage -- literally -- and even he calls it a mystery.READ»

Buying Ethical Gifts As An Alternative For Christmas

It won't be long and the Christmas season will once again be upon us. The good thing this season though, is that over the course of the past year the ethical gifts industry has only continued to expand. Of course it means that this ...READ»

Who Owns Your Intranet?

As companies march ahead with efforts to link employees through internal Web sites, they are learning a key design principle: If you want your intranet to take off, then take a hands-off approach. The case for intranet democracy.READ»

Our leaders are failing us

I have been watching and waiting lately to see what is to become of these United States. I am both hopeful and discouraged. I am also outraged. We live in a world based on elections, opinions and public scrutiny. We our in a ...READ»