Monthly Archives: July 2012

General Motors’ global marketing chief paid twice as much as football icon Manchester United’s previous sponsor and has paid a heavy price for it himself: with his job. Sadly, it’s increasingly common to see high-ranking corporate executives paying stupid amounts … Continue reading →

Innovation is the most searched business topic on Google. Innovation is what business leaders say they need to stay ahead. So the timing of the release of the new book “Serial Innovators” by Abbie Griffin, Ray Price, and Bruce Vojak … Continue reading →

Our friend here is feeling pretty good these days. Grasshoppers love a dry, hot summer and eating delicious crops. Unfortunately, the same conditions are really bad for humans: we don’t do well in heat and our crops are shriveling and … Continue reading →

Want to know how big energy hogs Americans are? Go anywhere else in the world. Two weeks in British hotels, restaurants, and other buildings reinforced for me how far ahead other enlightened cultures are when it comes to energy consumption. … Continue reading →

It was sad to hear of the passing of Stephen R. Covey, writer of the “Seven Habits” series of business and self-help books. I had the pleasure of doing the video of his son Sean’s book “The Seven Habits of … Continue reading →

The number of articles on the resurgence of American manufacturing is growing about as fast as the number of American jobs returning from China. Bloomberg’s recent contribution reinforces a new paradigm in business thinking not just in America but all … Continue reading →

Outrage over news that the U.S. Olympic team’s parade suits were made in China is very late and more than a little ironic. After all, American stuff has been made in China for decades, at the expense of American designers … Continue reading →

Falling ratings, controversial judgments, and all-out chaos have created a perfect storm at the highest-rated American TV show “American Idol”. With one judge gone and another on the way out, it looks like the 2006 novel “Chart Throb” by acclaimed … Continue reading →

The embarrassing days of everyone in the world being able to make the call except the one person responsible for it will soon be over. FIFA has approved two different technologies to detect whether a soccer ball has crossed the goal … Continue reading →

The prediction business is risky but lucrative when you get it right. Just ask the experts who warned us about the eventual collapse of the U.S. real estate market, 9/11 attacks, climate change, and other tragic realities that could’ve been … Continue reading →