Archive for February, 2007
The Academy Awards
I could only stay up until 10:30 last night while watching the Oscars. Ellen seemed to do an adequate job of hosting. She was really inoffensive but somewhat boring. Maybe that’s what the producers wanted.
Is it me or are these big epic events becoming bland, mundane and uninteresting? First the Super Bowl [...]
No Television Coverage of the World Rally Championship
This is the second year without television coverage of the World Rally Championship in the United States. I’ve heard that our Canadian friends can’t get rally coverage on TV either.
This is a crime. Hey Ford, Subaru and Mitsubishi! If you want to sell us some cars, show us how well they are build and [...]
Predicting the Future
It’s never been easier. I just found this wonderful group of people whose business it is to tell us what is going to happen tomorrow.
We are “sensemakers” about alternative futures that are important to society, and by doing this we help managers make better strategic decisions in the present. We are a world-class research organization [...]
Finally
The United States had finally found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. This is from the NY Times:
Iraqi and American officials said the use of chlorine seemed aimed at bringing a new level of fear and havoc to Iraq as a new security plan for Baghdad takes shape.
Don’t forget, both Iraq and Iran used chemical [...]
F1 is Coming
The Formula One racing season is just around the corner so it’s time to catch up and write a little bit about the greatest racing in the world. My wife is a bit more dubious. She says she just can’t get excited about F1 in a post-Schumacher world. Oh, well.
It looks like Williams has [...]
What Is It For?
What is the purpose of the annual performance review? This is from the Harvard Business School’s blog Working Knowledge for Business Leaders.
Perhaps a more important issue is the objective of the review itself. Is it to weed out poor performers? To recognize the so-called A players? To provide the basis for compensation decisions? To [...]
