Posted in Uncategorized on January 6th, 2006 Comments Off
Irving Wladawsky-Berger: Let Go Grow
I was struck by some statistics that illustrate how difficult it is to manage a business: of the 172 companies that have appeared in the Fortune 500 list between 1955 and 1995, only 5 percent grew their revenue above the overall inflation rate, and only 16 percent of 1008 companies […]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10th, 2005 Comments Off
For some time I’ve had an ongoing discussion with one of my friend, whose view was that it is availability of new technology that drives economic improvements considering how many incompetent workers are in today’s organisations. We did not get to any conclusion with me disagreeing, but now I have some data to support my […]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25th, 2005 Comments Off
“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” — Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)