Archive for the 'Values' Category

Working for the Common Good

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

In 1955, Charlie Wilson, then Chairman of General Motors, coined the famous phrase, “What is good for General Motors is good for America”. How things have changed. Today, this phrase has a certain cringe-inducing feeling about it and, in a way, its poor fit for a post-Great-Recession world represents both what we have lost,†and what [...]

The Lesson from WikiLeaks

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

Clearly, spilling the beans of the nation’s top secrets is not cool. On the other hand, perhaps it is time for us to catch up to the Internet age.† Here is the new reality:† There are NO secrets anymore. See the Huffington Post. If you lie on your resume, you will be exposed.† If you [...]

Global ONEness Day

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Sunday October 24th. 2010 is the inaugural Global ONEness Day.† Please visit here to sign up for this ambitious event. Sign the petition too.††Many years ago, Earth Day started like this, with tens of thousands of early supporters initiating a movement.† Be part of another seminal and†world-changing event by participating in Global ONEness Day events [...]

Customer-friendly-Not!

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Speaking with a senior leader of a wireless company today, I asked, “Why are you in a commodity industry that is one of the most reviled business sectors?” Confusing bills, bill shock, incomprehensible and restrictive contracts and pricing systems, termination fees, brutal competition that ignores customer needs, and all this adding up to absurdly huge [...]

Patrick Hughes – Inspiration

Monday, September 6th, 2010

† There is so much that can be learned – both from the light and from the dark.†In this wonderful video, Patrick Henry Hughes teaches us lessons about potential.† Watch the video – it speaks more directly than anything I might describe to you. †