Archive for March, 2009

Things are looking up: a Friday roundup

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Seems to me that “Depression 2.0” never happened, and probably isn’t likely to.
On the Forbes DigitalRules blog, Twenty Reasons for Optimism.
On the Value Acceleration blog, Mitch has noticed busy airports and cities.
And what’s fueling the turn around?  Innovative people like Jeremy Parker, who’s story is told on Mark Cuban’s blog.
I like Tom Peters’ synopsis:
Oracle and […]

Problem Solving 101

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Dan Roam of "The Back of the Napkin Blog" discusses a new book on his blog called Problem Solving 101 by Ken Watanabe.  The book was originally written in Japanese, but after great success in Japan there is now an English version selling in the US.  Here’s a brief snippet from the book’s web site:
Problem […]

Not interested in shoes, how about pizza?

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

This post was inspired by my wife and "On being nimble versus visionary" over at the Learning About Lean blog.
Now is certainly a time in the business environment to be flexible.  To be adaptable.  To grab opportunity when others sit back and watch.  And the airport shuttle guy in the airport in Mexico was […]