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Jonathan Singh

Mexico's Future

At the moment, it's not looking so bright. Cartel violence against the government, extensive corruption, poverty, and the decay of their ...

Started by Jonathan Singh

3 Sep 12
Reply by William Eggers
Dogonaut

Using Sound in Neuromarketing

Sound uses within the advertising and commercial sectors has always been prevalent but often hit and miss. After having my head turned to...

Started by Dogonaut

0 Jul 25
Eric Garland

Job shortage or talent crunch? Or BOTH?

Here's a topic I am exploring right now - love to hear your views. For some time we have been tracking the future trend of talent crisis...

Started by Eric Garland

2 Mar 30
Reply by Eric Garland
James Lee

How do we know when we've hit bottom?

Even the economists agree that we are in a recession. This is as much as collapse of public trust and confidence as anything else. Meanw...

Started by James Lee

2 Mar 23
Reply by James Lee
Eric Garland

Can we "recover?" or must we create something new instead?

Jim Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency, a book about the impact of the end of peak oil, believes that this current crisis is the begi...

Started by Eric Garland

6 Mar 16
Reply by Eric Garland
Eric Garland

What skills do you think the next generation of leaders should have?

Tomorrow, I am speaking before the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters. This group helps recruit leaders f...

Started by Eric Garland

3 Mar 15
Reply by James Lee
James Lee

Quaint 20th Century Concepts...

Just thinking a bit here about concepts, ideas, etc. that may seem distinctly "old fashioned" or perhaps just plain "dated" in the future...

Started by James Lee

4 Mar 1
Reply by Jos van Oosten
Eric Garland

"Diminishing returns of over-investments in complexity" - is the stimulus a hopeless attempt at reviving a moribund economic system?

If you don't read Jim Kunstler on a regular basis, you ought to. His book "The Long Emergency" predicts the end of peak oil and more impo...

Started by Eric Garland

3 Feb 14
Reply by James Lee
Eric Garland

Google's Latitude service - fun way to keep up with your friends, or major questions about civil rights?

Google has just launched a new service that allows you to track your friends using their cell phones. A harmless diversion, or is this s...

Started by Eric Garland

7 Feb 9
Reply by James Lee
Eric Garland

Is Education the Next Bubble?

Forbes recently pointed out that higher education is likely to be the next bubble that will burst in the American economy. Private school...

Started by Eric Garland

0 Feb 7

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