Kottke notes that James Surowiecki has finally weighed in on the Google IPO. Surowiecki comments: When Google went public on Thursday, it immediately became one of the most highly valued companies in the world. Sergey Brin and Larry Page, its co-founders, are now...

No posts today. Mr and Mrs chriscurnow.com have been married 30 years today and we're out celebrating.

Applied Abstractions has a report on the symposium Executive Leadership and Information Technology - A Fragile Dance. Just a couple of quotes: Jim Cash considers IT-business-alignment - the notion that the business should come up with a strategy, and IT align with...

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 article with...

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 well...

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 system...

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...

We've come to really look forward to Birnbaums interviews with writers in . Here is his latest with Charles McCarry.

This Fast Company article portrays the profound effect you can have on others by using agression while deeply focussed on principle.

From Anil Behan at Orgdyne: As a part of our ongoing efforts to significantly increase the exposure of psychodynamic thinking within the academic and consulting communities, our firm has decided to especially