It seemed to me that the message brought to us by the several international business leaders during HSM's "International Insights" segment of the World Business Forum provided an interesting counter-position to the heavily pessimistic views of both Jeffrey Sachs and David Rubenstein, yesterday afternoon. The other bloggers and people I talked with all agreed, that it seemed these business people, when they were talking about the future as it looks now, were fairly optimistic about their own prospects for growth. They each acknowledged the challenging environment, and the fact that margins are still under pressure, and the economy is still sluggish, but they each also felt that the worst was now behind us, and prospects are decent. Not super, but decent.

Continue reading "WBF, Day Two: Hamel Promotes Network-Based Management Technology" »

Posted by Don Peppers | Permalink | Comments (5)

News flash: The global warming scare is based on bad science, and if we're not careful it could lead to disastrous economic policies.

As an environmentalist myself, I firmly believe in the wisdom of managing our resources wisely, and behaving as responsible stewards of the planet. And I'm definitely sympathetic with the intentions of those who are sounding an alarm over global warming. Nevertheless, far from the unanimity we frequently read about in media reports, the fact is that climatologists do not all agree that the climate is warming much at all, and if it is, to what extent this may be caused by human activity.

Continue reading "Contrarian Thought: Global Warming is Just a "Meme Bubble"" »

Posted by Don Peppers | Permalink | Comments (2)