Jim Rogers : The faster numbers will be in economies that are well managed and that have commodities because commodities are in a bull market. Indonesia is doing much better this decade than it did in the 1990s because there was a commodity bear market in those days. Australia is going to do better than Belgium. […]
Tag: Environment
There was a ton of press about the horrors of JP Morgan about 2B in losses but here is California misunderestimating their budget shortfalls by 7B in the last 4 minutes California’s budget deficit has swelled to $16 billion after tax collections trailed projections amid the tepid economic recovery, Governor Jerry Brown said in a comment on […]
mountains and efficiency
I am thinking about “efficiency” in time(t) as Gain/TrueRange(sum) the TrueRange = sum of distance travelled on the way to getting the gain think of a perfect ramp from groundlevel to mountaintop think of rolling hills from groundlevel to mountaintop think of a series of identically high mountains from ground level to mountaintop think of […]
The Governor of Alabama doesn’t understand “corporate governance structure”
Image via Wikipedia Bob Riley, governor of Alabama, probably needs to get with Robert Gibbs to find out how that “corporate governance structure” thing is supposed to work, so that he wont embarass himself with statements like: “A key governor on Sunday blasted the lack of leadership in the US response to the worst ever […]
Obama: “Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?”:: Bush : “Mission Accomplished”
Image via Wikipedia The left used the “mission accomplished” phrase as a way to demonstrate the disconnectedness and tin ear of the Bush administration. Obama unwittingly offered a similar phrase to characterize his own administration’s performance in the Gulf oil spill when he quoted his daughters as saying “Did you plug the hle yet, Daddy?”. […]
How important is contextual knowledge for process consultants in business settings?
Image via Wikipedia am interested in knowing in what two or three adjectives you would use to describe the essential nature of the environment that you operate in for your business. What do you consider to be the most important environmental influences on the system that is your business? Is your environment something that your […]
education, leadership, biodiversity and the limits of reason
Image via Wikipedia at the other end of the time scale from the doctoral programs, i think the right model to use is that of bio-diversity. It’s not “survival of the fittest” in the wild, it is extinction of the unfit & toleration of the “good enough” which promotes a broad gene pool. A broad […]
culture and climate
Image via Wikipedia I thought Hunt did an excellent job of synthesizing the literature on culture and climate in chapter 10. The difference between culture and climate as he articulated it, is a common frame of reference for the Army. We consider culture to be the deep-seated and slowly changing values and norms that we […]
Being a UN diplomat means never having to say you’re sorry
Image via Wikipedia Being a UN diplomat means never having to say you’re sorry… or responsible. And yet you can demand that nations comply with your policies In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said it would be hypocritical to apologise for the false […]
SOTU doublespeak. Sad clown is sad.
Image via Wikipedia In the same breath, Obama chastises Republicans as the party of “No” while simultaneously calling for a spirit of bi-partisanship and an end to acrimony. If he were self aware, he’d see the irony, It is a measure of his disconnectedness that he can make those statements without blinking. Perhaps he is […]