I wanted to build upon Anne’s post last week regarding human development and the importance of a sound education system. I found her post right on point, especially because I just finished reading Stop Stealing Dreams (what is school for) by Seth Godin (you can…
The theme for this month’s issue of Harvard Business Review is “Reinventing America – Why the World needs the U.S. to Bounce Back”. There is one article in particular which highlights the need for the U.S. to become more competitive. Here Michael E. Porter (ever hear of Porter’s Five Forces Model?) and Jan W. Rivkin discuss the need for America to repair some “cracks in the foundation.” The area that I found most critical is human development, particularly the lack of focus on our education systems and the training / development of our employees.
Bangladesh is on the verge of a shrinking population!! Wow – what has this world come to and how did we get here? According to Doug Sanders, we might be at a tipping point in global population and may have hit “peak people”, just like peak oil (past the declining point of global supply-limn). He bases his assertions on a number of points which, if you agree with him, has tectonic (pardon the hyperbole) implications.
The New York Yankees! Rafael Nadal! Tiger Woods! Lionel Messi! Itzhak Perlman! Ernest Hemingway! What does this list have in common? We’ll get back to that later. The question I have for you is simple. Are you at the top of your game in your “sport”….meaning are you the Tiger Woods of Sourcing/Supply Chain?? Can you take over a game like Messi from Barca and re-define the way the game is played? Can you play the violin like Perlman?
Everything. With this football season coming to an end and the Super Bowl only a little over a week away, I decided to use this blog post to talk about something that stood out to me this season and how it applies to hiring. Being…
No, this is not about the Kama Sutra – sorry! But before I tell you about The Birds and The Bees, let me ask you a serious question. If you were faced with a life and death situation, what percentage of the time do you…