April 2010
36 posts
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“This is a country that began with the most enormous trauma, and things like that...”
– Novelist Peter Carey on Australia, New York Times (via literarypiano, buyhercandy)
Apr 29th
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“We would rather suffer the visible costs of a few bad decisions than incur the...”
– Warren Buffett’s 2009 letter to shareholders (this should be plastered on the wall of every corporate manager)
Apr 28th
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Apr 27th
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“The wise elders would explain that inside the aircraft, passengers, who had only...”
– In celebration of the closing of Heathrow, Alain de Botton imagines a future without airplanes (via hey, it’s noah: Planeless)
Apr 23rd
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“The social effects of the SEC’s action will almost certainly be greater than the...”
– ‘Bond Market Will Never Be the Same After Goldman’, Michael Lewis in Bloomberg
Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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Ego or fear: the ultimate idea killer?
Joel has started an interesting discussion about ego being the ultimate idea killer. There are certainly some examples where creativity flourishes despite leaders with planet sized egos (e.g. Apple). But they may well be anomalies. I’m more inclined to think that – as Alex Bogusky says – “Fear is the mortal enemy of creativity”. If I had to choose between removing fear or ego from a creative...
Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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“The bottom line is that no amount of disclosure would change that the very...”
– I agree with Goldman Sachs’ defense to the SEC’s claim. The quote above argues it particularly well.
Apr 19th
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Apr 17th
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“If you were to make a Venn Diagram of the issues Tea Party members care about,...”
– Steve Benen (via southpol)
Apr 17th
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“She was in the conference room, pouring a cup of coffee, when the other...”
– Why So Few Women in Silicon Valley? - NYT (via nickdouglas, fred-wilson, mikehudack)
Apr 17th
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Apr 17th
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“The antipathy widely felt towards Shakespeare was pithily summed up by the...”
– Why is Shakespeare so important? Do we have a “duty” to teach children Shakespeare’s works? - School Gate - Times Online (via fluffynotes)
Apr 13th
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Apr 12th
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Apr 11th
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“A 2006 survey of almost three hundred hedge-fund professionals found they on...”
–  The Greatest Trade Ever by Gregory Zuckerman. $271,000 on watches. Really?
Apr 11th
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Apr 11th
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“What I could not get my head around was having to force-fit analysis to a...”
– From this funny story written by a former BCG consultant about his time at the esteemed firm.
Apr 11th
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Apr 11th
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“From [the moment Salomon Brothers went public], though, the Wall Street firm...”
– ‘The End of Wall Street’s Boom’ by Michael Lewis for Portfolio
Apr 10th
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“[Hedge fund manager Steve Eisman] couldn’t figure out exactly how the rating...”
– ‘The End of Wall Street’s Boom’ by Michael Lewis for Portfolio
Apr 10th
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“The pursuit of happiness has changed. Hell, the whole world seems to have...”
– ‘Eyes Wide Open, Wallet Half Shut - The Emerging Post-Recession Consumer Consciousness’, a must-read report from Ogilvy
Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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“I spoke to another hedge fund in London so perplexed by the many bad LBOs...”
– ‘Wall Street on the Tundra’ - Michael Lewis’s excellent Vanity Fair article on Iceland’s economic collapse
Apr 10th
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“When Neil Armstrong took his small step from Apollo 11 and looked around, he...”
– ‘Wall Street on the Tundra’ - Michael Lewis’s excellent Vanity Fair article on Iceland’s economic collapse
Apr 10th
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“Notice that no one asked, What might Icelanders want to do? Or even: What might...”
– ‘Wall Street on the Tundra’ - Michael Lewis’s excellent Vanity Fair article on Iceland’s economic collapse
Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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“Like the debate over climate change itself, the debate over climate economics...”
– ‘Building a Green Economy’, Paul Krugman in the New York Times
Apr 10th
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We're looking for a Digital Strategist - come join...
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Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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“Culture exists as a way to understand our relationship to others. As active...”
– “Brand belong in culture, not categories” by Colin Drummond
Apr 6th
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Apr 5th
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“A new frugality, characterized by a strong value consciousness that dictates...”
– ‘The New Consumer Frugality’, Booz & Co
Apr 5th
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“Many of the really interesting business models in the new economy use radically...”
– ‘Agile Planning’ - Neil Perkin
Apr 4th
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Anonymous asked: What does a strategic planner do?
Apr 4th
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