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Anita’s Politics of Consciousness

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

For too long, business has been teaching that politics and commerce are two different arenas. I disagree. Political awareness and activism must be incorporated into business. In a global world, there are no value-free or politically disentangled actions. Few motivating forces are more potent than giving your staff an opportunity to exercise and express their [...]

Change your mind and keep the change

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Reading this week, Andre Comte Sponville philosophical works in relation to Time, reminded me of the NLP Time orientation. Our spatial representation of Past - Present- Future is linked to the vision and out look of our being. A change in the representation will certainly change our outlook thus operate a corresponding change in our [...]

Wisdom from Peter Drucker

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Peter Drucker’s Story of Two Vice Presidents (Why What Everybody Knows Is Frequently Wrong) I enjoyed that piece of wisdom so much that I had to blog it for you.
 
In 1975  William Cohen was among the first students in legendary management guru Peter Drucker’s Executive Ph.D. program at what was then Claremont Graduate School and [...]

Sophie Faure

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

La présence des entreprises chinoises sur la scène mondiale est aujourd’hui incontournable. Et pourtant, nous ne les avons pas vu venir… Comme le chat, elles ont cette aptitude à bouger très vite, à sauter et à retomber sur leurs pattes, quelle que soit la hauteur de la chute. D’où tirent-elles leur force ? Pouvons-nous nous en [...]