Topic: World History

"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»

Learn! Charge!

Six years ago, Michael Useem, director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, took a group of MBA students on a field trip. Their destination: the Civil War battlefield ...READ»

Post-Post World War II

In many ways, the world economy was set in its current form following World War II. The destructive results of the war in Europe allowed the United States to grow into a major producer and exporter of goods. But the seeds were also ...READ»

A Model for Your Career - George Washington

This is a guest post by Mark McNeilly.  If you’re looking for a model of a successful career one could do worse than to look at that of George Washington. Washington’s accomplishments put him in a class that few others ...READ»

Managing Mistakes

It takes a lot of trust and honesty to talk about the plans that didn't work out, says entrepreneur, Chief Executive, and author Margaret Heffernan in her latest Resource Center column, "Mistakes." Behind every successful business, ...READ»

At Home with Luxury... Brief History of Glass

No one knows exactly when or where glass was first made. Glass appears to have been produced as far back as the second millennium BC by the Egyptian or perhaps the Phoenician. According to the ancient Roman historian Pliny(AD ...READ»

The Unimportance of the Next President

Today America chooses a new president in what is one of the most pivotal elections in history. The world changed sharply during the Bush administration with two recessions, 9/11 attacks, wars in the Middle East, and rising new ...READ»

Tax, Incoming

On this day in 1913, the income tax amendment went into effect. Also, on this day in 1609, paper currency was introduced to the North American colonies, specifically Massachusetts.READ»

Does Ethnocentricity Sell? Part 1: Advertising

Black History Month is almost over, so I figure I'd tackle this topic while we're still in February. Maybe it's because I'm not watching as much TV, but I haven't seen nearly as many ads saying "We Celebrate Black History ...READ»

Gettysburg Battle Site Revamps To Attract Tourists

With a $100 million revamp, the Civil War site is fighting to get visitors to stay longer -- and spend more.,With a $100 million revamp, the Civil War site is fighting to get visitors to stay longer -- and spend more.READ»

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The Leading Edge - "We" an Idea Whose Time has Come

The parents of baby boomers, born around WWI, living through the Great Depression and fighting in WWII had many reasons to be fearful, but didn’t give into it. Still, their fears managed to help them keep a lid on runaway ...READ»

Facilitating Fast Learning

Interactivity, simulation, and entertainment are the keys to enabling fast learners.READ»

Past Track to the Future

Stephen E. Ambrose has written best-selling histories of great feats of leadership and human endeavor. His insights from the past can teach a new generation of business leaders how to build for the future.READ»

Mistakes

Owning up to mistakes and learning from them, can make a world of difference in the development of your career.READ»

Encyclopedic Knowledge

Last night, before watching the Office, I was reading a little of the first Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective book by Donald Sobol. And I was surprised how many ideas and lessons for the world of work there were in just the first ...READ»

Yet Another Spam Scam

I have received email from exiled African princes, Nigerian businessmen, and heirs to diamond mines. And I know I'm not the only who has received such spam in my inbox. I have also been contacted by soldiers in the Army over in Iraq ...READ»

The New Iron Age: Print Your 3-D Models in Stainless Steel

Rapid prototyping is slowly moving from being the preserve of design engineers into the public domain, and RP company Shapeways just announced an amazing breakthrough: It can print your 3-D models in stainless steel. The process is ...READ»

Spectacular retro lens

We know you guys love the eyeglasses posts.  Here’s another one: Shuron Ltd.  Eyewear has been making eyeglasses and sunglasses since the Civil War.  During WWII, they were the main sunglasses supplier for the ...READ»

My Favorite Bookmarks - David Seuss

Picks from the CEO of Northern LightREAD»

Obama and Shades of George W (Washington not Bush)

By Mark Goulston and Kevin Gregson In anticipation of President's Day and the recent transfer of power from President Bush to President Obama, we are struck by how President Obama is not just leading in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln ...READ»

Silk and its legendary discovery

It is almost impossible to say exactly when the production of silk began. Recent Chinese archaeological finds have uncovered carved ivory depictions of silk worms thought to be 6000 to 7000 years old.According to legend, the Chinese ...READ»

Action Breeds Confidence

Teddy Roosevelt is John McCain’s hero.  If you live in the USA, you know Teddy, he was the 26th President of the United States, the man for whom the Teddy Bear is named and the fourth guy on Mount Rushmore – along with George ...READ»

Is it just a finacial crisis we are in?

My partner Gregg sent me an article from New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman entitled “Time to Reboot America”.  Quite a good article and I want to just quote on key section form it. “…we’ve fallen into a trend of ...READ»

Free Trade Isn't Fair

Mike Dolan is leading a long-shot crusade against the new economy's most widely shared belief: that global economic integration -- of countries, companies, currencies, and markets -- is both virtuous and inevitable.READ»

How to Act Like a Designer

If you're in any business, you're in the design business. We're all designers now. That's cool, but it's also daunting. How can civilian sales reps and IT geeks incorporate a design sensibility into their work and life? We posed that question to several top designers: How can we be, well, more like them? Here's what they suggested.READ»