Sep
10
2019
The Candle Burns Brightest Just Before It Goes Out: This old proverb might describe the current business cycle. ITR Economics Director Jackie Greene takes a hard look at the strong performance of corporate profits in Q2...
Aug
20
2019
“Life isn’t about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.”
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright and Critic
Author of “My Fair Lady”
1856-1950
FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, ENLIGHTENMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT
Word of Mouth 2.0
“Netflix is NOT a Tech Company”
Six Ways to Bad
Good Advice…even if Bill...
Aug
15
2019
“A disruptive innovation is a technologically simple innovation in the form of a product, service, or business model that takes root in a tier of the market that is unattractive to the established leaders in an industry.” Clayton...
Jul
23
2019
“To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero 106 BC- 43 BC Roman Statesman, Orator and Philosopher
A First Impression Business
It’s not right. It’s not fair. But we...
Jul
18
2019
After the Fireworks-Required Reading
For most Americans, their understanding of the reason for the American revolution is limited to the “ taxation without representation” issue and events like the “Boston Tea Party.” As your long July 4 weekend winds...
Jul
08
2019
“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”
Albert Camus
"My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle...
Jul
01
2019
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” Albus DumbledoreHeadmaster at Hogwart’s School
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The Mythical CMO“A Good Day to Die”: Custer’s Leadership LessonsGreat Thinkers, Spectacularly Bad...
Jun
24
2019
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring...
Jun
16
2019
"I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else." Booker T. Washington American Educator 1856-1915
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The Happiness MachineFire the best, keep the rest?Days of...
Jun
10
2019
FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, ENLIGHTENMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT
Good Bosses and Bad Company“Which Way to Pointe du Hoc?”Required Reading: Eternal Blue and YouShameless Self-Promotion Department Econ Recon: The Next Great Depression Part 2
Good Bosses and Bad Companies
Many new grads have...