Rarely has a president -- to say nothing of a Democratic president -- been thrown into the arms of the business community on his way in the door as ha...
Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 01.08.2009 | Business
In Monday's post, I mentioned that one of the common traits I've seen among the women entrepreneurs I've met and know is how they seem to ignore gende...
Paul Brest | Posted 01.08.2009 | Business
The theory of change concept makes sense in a static landscape. But it fails in a dynamic landscape, where what you learned on your last trip might not apply this time.
Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics
The money in this economic stimulus package is a small down payment on what is needed to give the U.S. the world class infrastructure we need.
Jim Wallis | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics
In 2003, Call to Renewal was deeply engaged in working to have a refundable child tax credit included in that year's tax cut legislation. Ultimately, ...
Margaret Heffernan | Posted 01.06.2009 | Business
Civil war broke out in the Lebanon in 1977. As Nicholas Taleb recalls in The Black Swan, adults at the time were utterly confident that the war would end in "only a matter of days."
Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 01.05.2009 | Business
Below is a top ten list of social risks business must mitigate to create a sustainable work environment that respects the rights of human beings while maintaining economic viability in 2009.
Paul Brest | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business
In "Just Another Emperor?" Michael Edwards challenges philanthrocapitalists to transform the economic system that made them rich, not just address its symptoms.
Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business
As a serial entrepreneur, I constantly examine industries where I'm considering creating ideas, getting a snapshot of who's who and who's doing.
Grande Lum | Posted 12.29.2008 | Living
When you are surprised by your own flash of anger, you may not be fully conscious of your own desires. You may be missing the underlying needs that your own anger is revealing to you.
Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business
If there is one trait I admire most about the women entrepreneurs... it's their inherent ability to not just recognize the value of their companies, but also, their refusal to be shaken from it.
Ron Galloway | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business
Motorola has accomplished the unique trifecta of dumping on its former employees, its current employees, and its shareholders. Motorola's corporate slogan is "Intelligence Everywhere."
Susan Wilson Solovic | Posted 12.23.2008 | Business
The Small Business Administration was founded to strengthen the overall economy by helping small businesses start and grow. Does the SBA actually do what it's supposed to do?
Chip Conley | Posted 12.23.2008 | Business
As a transformational leader, Barack needs to remember that his greatest gift is in helping us see the sense of "oneness" that we have at our core that can unite us.
Ron Galloway | Posted 12.23.2008 | Business
Apple has $25 billion in cash in the bank. Dell's market cap is $22 billion. Apple could buy Dell outright without borrowing a dime.
Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business
If there's one thing today's modern women entrepreneurs know how to do, it's to turn heads. No, I don't mean among handsome suitors, but big time mind...
Robert Kuttner | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
Obama may soon find that he is committing a big sin against one of the major premises of the reigning ideology, and will create a head-on collision with one of the cherished dogmas of market fundamentalism -- "free trade."
Josh Ruxin | Posted 12.19.2008 | Style
This year The Urban Village, a fashion business that I'm helping to get off the ground, has come up with a new, ideal answer: luxurious mohair-silk scarves.
Paul Brest | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business
Matthew Bishop and Michael Green describe how super-rich "philanthrocapitalists" like Bill Gates are shaking up the world of giving with their businesslike methods.
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green
Just an initial effort to think about human settlements as they might develop during coming years. An Obama Village would have a population of plus o...
Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business
The most important step to a fearless leap is a good assessment of the jump ahead. Today's successful women know that risk must be carefully calculated beforehand.
Penny Herscher | Posted 12.17.2008 | Business
If you are ambitious and have self discipline this can be an opportunity not a crisis. And I am not talking about how much money you make -- that will follow later.
Allison Mooney | Posted 12.17.2008 | World
We're so focused on "user experience" and design that perhaps we get ahead of ourselves and miss the fundamentals.
Margaret Heffernan | Posted 12.17.2008 | Business
If business schools don't change -- fast -- they'll become like military academies after the first world war: discredited and obsolete.
Alex Pattakos | Posted 12.17.2008 | Living
"The Times They Are A-Changin," sang Bob Dylan, which is one of his most famous title tracks for it captured the spirit of social and political upheav...
If you think people laugh at your skiing skills then think again. A man was a...
The Anchorage Daily News reports that Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's...
Rep. John Conyers has written a letter to Democratic colleagues urging them to join...
As January 20 grows larger in the window, I've been thinking more often about the...
I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a...
America is in shock. It is not because of the unusual sight of the first black...
Are nude animal rights protests old hat? We got word of a...
Rachel Maddow appeared on "The Daily...
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Patrick Swayze, who has been battling pancreatic cancer for a year, sat down with Barbara Walters for...
An article in next month's Atlantic asks, "Is porn...
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The Internet is awash with rumors over the cause of the tragic death of actor John Travolta's...
Wall Street Journal | GERALD F. SEIB | Posted 01.08.2009 | Business