economic crisis
September 28, 2009
- The orange from the setting sun in the east licked the now gray sky. Most sunsets expand like a mushroom cloud before it ran out of oxygen to consume, eventually they die as night overtakes it . This times it the gray of the colorless day was overrun by the orange. I felt drawn to the orange glowing even though for some reason I felt that this sunset was not like other sunsets. It was the ...
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September 16, 2009
- I walked down the street. The air felt colder. Cold is the wrong word, it was more of a lack of warmth. There is a big difference. I walked past a television and saw one man on a television. His face was crinkled in anger. He was saying something quite vitriolic about Richard. I could tell because they had a picture of Richard super imposed on the screen in back of him. Sweat beaded of his bald ...
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September 11, 2009
- He oozed with geniusosity. His power point presentation was slick and incorporated many easy to remember phrases. It was laden with images of American flags and various scenes of America that reassured me that if he was in charge all would be well. The obvious corollary to that statement is that if he was not in charge things would not go well at all. He used big words. My heart swelled with ...
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July 8, 2009
- Each of us is feeling the pinch, if not the stranglehold, of our present economy. We drive less, eat out less, and worry about the future. You may blame "the banks," the way people in the Great Depression did and why John Dillinger became a folk hero. (And the film Public Enemies with Johnny Depp taps right into our outrage of greedy bankers.) Or you might blame AIG or its CEO. Or ...
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June 19, 2009
- This is the first section of a talk I gave on 19 June 2009 at the National Summit of Ensemble Theaters, meeting at the University of San Francisco. Download the full text from my Website (scroll down under "Talks and Speeches" to "The Secret of Survival"). I’ve just moved back to California, part of a big life-change for me. Whenever I come here, I touch down with three ...
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May 21, 2009
- Sadly, my wonderful publishers, Salt, run by the astonishing and energetic Jen and Chris Hamilton-Emery, are struggling to keep afloat in these difficult times. Chris sent a message out on Facebook yesterday and so I am passing it on, trying to do my part:As many of you will know, Jen and I have been struggling to keep Salt moving since June last year when the economic downturn began to ...
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May 17, 2009
- HR professionals currently have a golden chance to permanently record their strategic importance in the leadership of American corporations. Our current financial crisis has absolutely nothing to do with Wall Street, big banks, derivatives or sub-prime mortgages. American executives have been failing strategically since 1975, and American executive education is the cause of this colossal failure. ...
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April 9, 2009
- I never imagined that I would leave my interview tipsy. But after I asked Mr. Manousos for his permission to interview him the bottles of tsikoudia kept coming and as we all know you cannot say no to a Cretan. Mr. Manousos is the one of the owners of the tavern "to Steki tou Karzi" at Vrusses, Chania. Greek hospitality is found here in abundance. Manouso guided me into the taverna and ...
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March 31, 2009
- We tend to feel good (don't we?)when we read a book describing a societal pattern that we already know about, but it's nice anyway to have company to confirm our experience. If, for example, you're reading the just published "The Hourglass Solution: A Boomer's Guide to the Rest of Your Life," you can't change being a baby boomer between the ages of (gasp!)50 or at the boomer's tail end, ...
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March 23, 2009
- While "O" was very publicly making his picks on the hoops my chase cards interest rates and charges get hit out of the park!
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