Archive for April, 2009

Quotes from Harold Geneen

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

"Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned."   "Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions."   Harold Geneen

The Guardian - World Factfiles

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Hello everyone, The guardian is currently publishing a series of country profiles regrouping useful information on various subjects such as demography, political pressure points, landscapes, economy, tourism... To check it out, just follow this link : The Guardian Country Profiles  Hope you will find it helpful :)

G/localization: When Global Information and Local Interaction Collide

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

A link to the presentation of a 2006 research led by Danah Boyd, PhD student at UC-Berkeley, on how to successfully mix the local cultures in a global network. The document addresses different issues such as “how to take advantage of the global while not destroying the local”, “how does ...

What makes a great manager?

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

 Hi everyone!Bill has brought to my attention an interesting article on “what makes a great manager”...Are you ready for the magic recipe?According to Gerard M. Blair, author of the article and Senior Lecturer in VLSI Design at the University of Edinburgh, “The first step to becoming a really great manager ...