I’ve been hearing an awful lot lately about how the recent election is going to bring in elected officials who are more “pro-business.” Most of the news reports mention some sort of lifting of consumer protections or deregulation. Now as you know we don’t do politics here but since the political stuff involves business, I’m considering it fair game, especially since it raises a big question in my mind as I listen to all the news reports. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Bank of America
There are a ton of stories this morning about how Bank of America is preparing to be “outed” by Wikileaks. You can run your own search for it or click on this one for an overview. Now, since we don’t do politics here I’m not going to riff on Wikileaks, freedom of the press, BofA, capitalism, or any of the inflammatory stuff that I’m not sure any of us are up for this early in the year. I do, however, have a business thought about this situation and I’d like to share it with you. Continue reading
Filed under Reality checks, Thinking Aloud, What's Going On
Why Learn?
Let’s start the year off with a question I’m sure you’ve heard if you have kids. It goes something like this: Why learn? “Why do I have to learn all this stuff in (math, history, chemistry – pick one) when I’ll never use it anyway?” The easy way out is to remind them that you had to labor through it and it’s the unfortunate lot of children that their play gets interrupted to acquire certain life skills. However, in an age when damn near everything anyone has ever learned is pretty much accessible via a search of some sort, and access to search is immediately available everywhere, why learn indeed? Well, here’s why, and it’s a business lesson as well. Continue reading
Filed under Growing up, Helpful Hints
Consult Keith 