by Bruce | October 21, 2009 | Articles, Leadership, Strategy
I’ve written before about the extraordinary premium put on leadership in this once-in-a-career period we’re passing through, but because of its importance it’s none too soon to recur to it. What can be said that hasn’t already been said? Bill...
by Bruce | October 17, 2009 | Articles, Book Reviews, Leadership, Strategy
Jim Collins, author of the perennial business best-sellers Good to Great and Built to Last is back, and in this outing he presents what sounds like the most timely How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In. I must note that I count myself a big fan of...
by Bruce | October 9, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Hogan & Hartson/Lovells? As amply reported (Legal Week, The National Law Journal, The Lawyer), the firms are in merger talks and, since no one is remotely denying the reports, we can only assume it’s all quite for real. We’ll get to what we think it...
by Bruce | September 29, 2009 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
Regular readers know that among the many demigods in my polytheistic pantheon is the subaltern who stands guard to keep the faculties of Critical Thinking from being waylaid by cant or derailed by sensationalism. This brings us to our two seemingly far afield and...
by Bruce | September 21, 2009 | Articles, Leadership, Strategy
Did you know that the US has a “national intelligence official for warning?” Me neither. His name is Kenneth Knight and he oversees a staff of a half-dozen analysts whose job is essentially to monitor the rest of the intelligence community, challenging...
by Bruce | September 15, 2009 | Articles, Leadership, Strategy
One year later, and what have we learned? The strong, almost unanimous, consensus in hindsight is that letting Lehman Bros. fail was what precipitated the global financial meltdown, or what at least accelerated and deepened it. But what if that consensus is wrong? I...