Winston Churchill, Joseph Kennedy, David Strahan,The Last Oil Shock, New Scientist, Google, YouTube, Andrew Liveris, Dow Chemical
Asian Chemical Connections
Want a place on the Board?
The loneliness of the long distance CEO, CEO board game, the slippery career pole, Victor Newman, Pfizer, Knowledge Activist
Slaves to market frenzy
James Burke, Connections, Google, Atlantic.com, oil prices, financial speculation, attention span
Japan’s corporate hero
manga, Japanese conformism, losing face, Lost Decade
Missing the point
Great that my entry yesterday Work can be the death of you produced a response. But I think the commentator missed the point. Working long hours is not an issue for staff who are properly managed and motivated. The “presenteeism” of some work cultures, though, is surely a major source of concern for the welfare […]
Work can be the death of you
My dear old mother used to often say “what’s the world coming to?” as if life was constantly getting worse. But for South Korean workers – and for workers everywhere in Asia – expectations of employers have long been unreasonable. Tied into this is loyalty, “face”, pride and ridiculously long and often unproductive hours that […]
Does your boss listen to you?
Perfect subject if you’ve got the post-weekend blues…. A very irate and tired and emotional chemicals trader was moaning last week about the imposition of a new knowledge-management system by his company. “Our bosses never listen to us and they assume that if they come with a new software solution that we have had no […]