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 […]
Politics
Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. A key part of the political system — and one of the many great freedoms we have in America — is the ability to vote. We often don’t think about it, perhaps, and some people don’t take the opportunity, but voting is very powerful because it […]
Turning Silver into Gold
One day back in the late 1990’s, Mary Furlong paid a visit to IBM to give us an update on what she was doing at SeniorNet, which she had founded in 1986. SeniorNet ‘s mission was to provide older adults with education about and access to computer technologies to enhance their lives and enable them […]
ThirdAgers
For years I have been urging corporate executives to talk to "kids" so they could better understand the future. " Look over their shoulder", I have urged them. Ask them what they do on the Internet. Talk to them about their values. What do they think of intellectual property rights? What do they like most […]
