Thinkers 50

Who is the most influential living management thinker? That was the simple question that inspired the original Thinkers 50 in 2001. A lot of hard work and number-crunching later, the answer became the first global ranking of business gurus. So says Stuart Crainer. I first met Stuart ten years or so ago in Europe. He […]

Searching

A friend of mine said that Google has increased everyone’s IQ by 100. Web search — whether it is Google, Yahoo!, Ask.com, or any of the many specialized search engines — have certainly changed our lives. I am continuously surprised at what I can find but today I received an email out of the blue […]

Book Update: 3Q2007

So many great books, so little time! I read a number of blogs to gain information like most of us, but there is no substitute yet for enjoying a hard-cover book. Every once in a while I post a list of books I have been reading. They all have reviews at Amazon that are much […]

IBM Happenings: August 2007

The month of August is slow in many parts of the business world but it seems IBM took no break as the month was filled with a slew of announce­ments in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and strategic alliances. One of the most interesting announce­ments to me was that IBM had two scientific breakthroughs in the […]

iPhone – Update No. 6

The news of a $200 price cut on the iPhone made a lot of people quite upset, although the announced $100 rebate took out some of the sting. I think of the $200 as an early adopter tax. Everyone has the choice to wait until the bugs get worked out and the pricing stabilizes. Although […]