The long race toward the ultimate environmentally friendly city (emission-free communities and carbon-neutral cities) is just getting started, with many projects yet to break ground.
Some likely will never make it off the paper they’re printed on. And, of course, there are competing definitions of exactly what constitutes true carbon neutrality. Take a look here at some of the proposed ideas, from a small hydrogen-powered community in Denmark to a vast development on Chongming Island in China that will have a population of 500,000 by 2050.
People often talk about financial markets as if they were casinos, but reflexivity makes them much more dangerous than any gambling den. The numbers on a roulette wheel never change, but markets offer no guarantee that yesterday’s odds will be the same tomorrow.
Has it ever been more vital for corporations to ditch the greed and embrace generosity? After all, giving is the new taking, and sharing is the new giving.
“GENERATION G | “Captures the growing importance of ‘generosity’ as a leading societal and business mindset. As consumers are disgusted with greed and its current dire consequences for the economy—and while that same upheaval has them longing more than ever for institutions that care—the need for more generosity beautifully coincides with the ongoing (and pre-recession) emergence of an online-fueled culture of individuals who share, give, engage, create and collaborate in large numbers.”
Three trend-drivers for GENERATION G are:
1. Recession and consumer disgust
2. Longing for institutions that care
3. For individuals. giving is already the new taking, and sharing is the new giving
A complete report on Generation G can be found here.
The Economist has developed a Board game to survive this year’s Christmas and allows you to relive the pain and misery of the bust. Please find instructions on needed downloads here.
With the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the eyes of the world have turned to China. The McKinsey Quarterly has taken this opportunity to devote its current print issue to the country and its global business prospects. Selections range from a discussion of how Chinese companies can succeed abroad to a special report on how corporate China is evolving. Find here a selection of the McKinsey articles on China.
Last week Dennis Bergkamp started with his trainee post at his youth love, AJAX. As part of the official course of becoming a licensed trainer/manager. Earlier this year Marco van Basten, AJAX’s new manager, offered Bergkamp a trainee post alongside him at AJAX,. Read more in my previous post “Van Basten offers Bergkamp trainee post“.
The long race toward the ultimate environmentally friendly city (emission-free communities and carbon-neutral cities) is just getting started, with many projects yet to break ground. 
People often talk about financial markets as if they were casinos, but reflexivity makes them much more dangerous than any gambling den. The numbers on a roulette wheel never change, but markets offer no guarantee that yesterday’s odds will be the same tomorrow.
The Economist has developed a Board game to survive this year’s Christmas and allows you to relive the pain and misery of the bust. Please find instructions on needed downloads 
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