I'm not the only one with a crush on Andrew Ross Sorkin, editor of NYTimes DealBook. He's been so great on Charlie Rose (my other big crush) that the NYC PBS station has invited him to host a seven-part series on the economy and what it means to everyday...
ForteBlog readers, I must apologize for my relative silence. I've had trouble with my eyes the last few weeks which in turn makes it uncomfortable to view my computer screen. Doctors have been consulted and I am on a course of treatment that is helping (its...
[via Alan Rappeport at CFO.com] Those seeking historical context for today's credit crisis and hoping to learn from John Kenneth Galbraith's The Great Crash of 1929 will have to wait. It's on back order at Amazon (until Nov 13) and apparently sold...
Beware! Barclay's may end up with Lehman contracts that it did not intend to purchase as a result of an Excel to PDF formatting error: [via SOX First]In a fascinating case, reported by The Register, Barclays intended buying the good bits of what was left of...
My work often involves bridging gaps, resolving misunderstandings, and fostering collaboration between the finance department and other parts of large, complex organizations. So I was intrigued by this recent research from HBS on " interaction patterns in...
The Wall Street Journal explores incentive based wellness programs for workers that reduce company's health care costs and foster a "more collegial environment." As it turns out, healthy workers are less grouchy. Excerpt:Wesley Willows got help from...
From the latest New Yorker Click here for a slide show of the cartoons from this week's...
This recent segment on Charlie Rose with Jonathan Zittrain is fascinating. Zittrain is a professor of internet law at Harvard and Oxford and the author of a book The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It and discusses the tension between internet security risks...
I'm not a fan of comic books, nor of superhero movies, nevertheless I enjoyed Iron Man very much (lovin' the Robert Downey Jr comeback). This post on management lessons inspired by the movie at the Business Pundit blog is...
The New York Times Sunday magazine has a lengthy article on Moody's and the credit rating agencies contribution to the housing bubble (and bust). Well worth reading. No more computer today - it's warm and sunny in SF (have to enjoy it because soon the fog...
