by chriscurnow | Jun 25, 2004 | Uncategorized
As expected, Farenheit 9/11 is a hot topic for discussion. Jason Kottke’s recent piece on it led me to thinking about what is good documentary. I am not much of a fan of Moore’s work – although I have not seen or read any of it. What I have read from...
by chriscurnow | Jun 25, 2004 | Uncategorized
I’ve just discovered Michael Lewis, author of, among many other titles, Moneyball and Liar’s Poker. (Thanks again to Bleeding Edge.) Lewis’ work challenges a lot of currently accepted market thinking – particularly the very recent idea that...
by chriscurnow | Jun 23, 2004 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Charles Wright over at Bleeding Edge for pointing out this New York Times article which discusses fear in the workplace and the bullying boss. “It got to where I was twitching, literally, on the way into work,” said Carrie Clark, 52, a former...
by chriscurnow | Jun 23, 2004 | Uncategorized
It’s funny how life can jump up and hit you in the face. I had my day mapped out today. I was planning to do my least favourite activity – calling people to market a new workshop I’ve developed. I went to my favourite cafe to psych myself into it and...
by chriscurnow | Jun 21, 2004 | Uncategorized
I’ve just been going over some of Henry Mintzberg’s writing and came acros this article (payment required, sorry) by Mintzberg, Robert Simons and Kunai Basu. The authors argue that the notion of ‘shareholder value’ to the exclusion of all other...
