by Carol Sanford | Aug 23, 2010 | Business Development
Vestas Wind, the global market leader in manufacturing wind turbines, posted a $185m loss in its second quarter, blaming delays in clean energy projects. Investing is a tricky business under any circumstances. When your retirement plan or the companies future reserves...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 20, 2010 | Business Development
Sam Ford is a Fast Company expert blogger at the intersection of business, digital and culture. I raved about his blog yesterday in a review. I posed some questions to Sam and here are his replies. Check out his multi-disciplinary take on twitter @sam_ford or his...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 19, 2010 | Business Development
Nick Carr argues in his most recent book, “The Shallows” that the Internet is making us less attentive and in general less intelligent. Carr has stirred up some controversy and his concept has certainly not been universally adopted. What if it is not the Internet at...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 16, 2010 | Business Development
As I read three articles in close succession, I found a tough pull between three really important concerns. The Financial Times on August 11,( Alan Beattie in Washington and Alan Rappeport in New York) reported that the trade deficit has risen to its highest level in...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 12, 2010 | Business Development
We all like to think of ourselves as rationale, but so often we are not. So why are we surprised when Executives like Mark Hurd of HP make bad choices. It does raise the question about what drives irrational behavior. And how this behavior can include some...