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“If you’re so rich, why aren’t you smart?” Observations from Jeff Sonnenfeld
My good friend, Jeff Sonnenfeld, had a few sharp words to say about inflated executive pay and the state of leadership among some of our most prestigious institutions. Thought I would pass it along: Opinion… Read more »
“If you’re so rich, why aren’t you smart?” Observations from Jeff Sonnenfeld
My good friend, Jeff Sonnenfeld, had a few sharp words to say about inflated executive pay and the state of leadership among some of our most prestigious institutions. Thought I would pass it along: Opinion… Read more »
Reacting to a downturn - Floyd Norris of the New York Times
I ran into Floyd in Davos, and he picked up an observation I made about how people respond to bad news. You can find it at this link. The essential idea is that there is… Read more »
Shrinking banks - a visual that just about says it all!
My esteemed colleague Ian MacMillan sent over a visual that just captures the zeitgeist. Isn’t this just amazing? shrinking_banks_(2).pdf
News flash! Recession promotes customer centricity
A small piece in the Wall Street Journal on February 6 caught my eye. It noted that GE CEO Jeff Immelt has ditched the corporate jet for trips to Washington and is now discovering the… Read more »
Session at Davos: Cool Ideas from Older Industries
I sat in on a great session with representatives from a variety of industries that can be thought of as older or more mature. Here’s the summary from the WEF: Summary Cool Ideas from Older… Read more »
This morning at Davos: Leadership in a crisis
I went to a fascinating panel this morning on leadership challenges of the crisis. Here’s the official summary: Crisis, Community and Leadership Leadership qualities are necessary for dealing with issues such as the environment and… Read more »
Quips from Davos
Two that I overheard in the “brainstorming” session amused me: So we had mark to market Or mark to model Or mark to myth? And another one on assumptions underlying the economic meltdown: We assumed… Read more »
Yesterday at Davos - Brainstorming on what went wrong with the economy
The World Economic Forum yesterday gathered several dozen, maybe even a hundred, of us to talk in small groups at tables about what went wrong with the economy. I was lucky enough to be at… Read more »
Yesterday at Davos - Harvard Business Review / World Economic Forum Ideaslab
Yesterday, I participated in a really interesting session, based on a joint project between the Harvard Business Review and the World Economic Forum. Each year, the two organizations sponsor a series of discussions among a… Read more »
Heard at Davos - Boring is good
Hello from the World Economic Forum meetings at Davos. I’ll be posting some of the interesting things I’ve heard this week. From Victor Blank, the Chairman of Lloyds of London on the current financial crisis:… Read more »