by chriscurnow | Aug 16, 2004 | Uncategorized
I have come to look forward to the AFR BOSS True Leaders List each year. This is the fourth edition of the list and I’m feeling that although it’s still a good read, the format is getting a little tired. (And I wish Catherine Fox wouldn’t start every...
by chriscurnow | Aug 15, 2004 | Uncategorized
For a while there I thouht I was the only one who despaired for quality in management books. But then I came across Espen making the following observation: But the question remains: Why do stupid and simplistic management books – books that the thoughtful and...
by chriscurnow | Aug 12, 2004 | Uncategorized
Greg Hywood in The Age this morning has one of his most rational pieces for the year. However I couldn’t resist the comparison with the sports commentary of Moneyball. Hywood has made up his own standards of success. Try this: It is acceptable in the Australian...
by chriscurnow | Aug 12, 2004 | Uncategorized
1966 speech by Rober McNamara on national and international security “A nation can reach the point at which it does not buy more security for itself simply by buying more military hardware. We are at that point. The decisive factor for a powerful nation already...
by chriscurnow | Aug 10, 2004 | Uncategorized
We’ve come to really look forward to Birnbaums interviews with writers in . Here is his latest with Charles McCarry.