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The World’s Green Cities

Published on January 20, 2010 in Greentech and Personal. 0 Comments Tags: , .

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.

Legedanry No. 10 Dennis Bergkamp

Published on November 24, 2009 in Personal. 0 Comments Tags: .
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European Election 2009

Published on June 8, 2009 in Personal. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

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A backgrounder can be found here.

Rethinking Status

Published on March 4, 2009 in Personal. 0 Comments Tags: , .

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Capital Markets vs. Casinos

Published on January 27, 2009 in Personal. 1 Comment Tags: , .

capital markets vs. casinos 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.

Generation G

Published on January 20, 2009 in Personal and Ranting and Raving. 0 Comments Tags: , .

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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.

Credit Crunch, The Board Game!

Published on December 18, 2008 in Personal and Ranting and Raving. 32 Comments Tags: .

Board Game: Credit CrunchThe 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.

Best Business Books 2008

Published on December 9, 2008 in International Business and Personal. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Strategy+Business’s (s+b’s) annual review of business books can be found here. The books reviewed are written by prominent thinkers in their fields and selected to help leaders navigate the changing economic, social, technological, and political landscapes that affect the way people do business. s+b’s Top books are lined up in the following categories: Strategy, Life Stories, Marketing, Rhetoric, Innovation, Globalisation, Human Capital, Capitalism and Community, Management, Miscellany.

Let the Games Begin!

Published on August 8, 2008 in Emerging Markets, Personal and Ranting and Raving. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Furthermore, today, BusinessWeek devoted a string of articles to the Olympics as well.
* As Olympics Open, China’s Economy Slows
* Olympics Security Is No Game
* Slide Show: China’s Olympic Stars
* Slide Show: Olympic Innovation
* Case Study: Ambush Marketing

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.

Legends Always Reunite!

Published on July 21, 2008 in Personal and Ranting and Raving. 0 Comments Tags: , .

van Basten & Bergkamp

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“.