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Intuition always tells us that we need to look closer at things that baffle us. Steve Coll's Senate testimony last Thursday is a reminder that sometimes we need to step […]
What happens when an influential hip-hop star proclaims that a certain brand of boots is suddenly out of style? Is it bad for business? That very thing occurred when Jay-Z […]
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would want you to know that what you are about to read here is "international left-wing libel" against him and his country. So take this […]
It wasn’t greeted with the kind of fanfare it may have deserved, but five years ago when the $10-million Ansari X PRIZE was awarded, it helped usher in a new […]
Maj. Gen. William B. Garrett III, commander of U.S. Army Africa, looked homeward last Tuesday and gave this bleak assessment of us: "Most Americans view Africa, I think, as a […]
A blogstorm of concern is simmering in the booming netbook market, and it’s not about keyboard size or battery life. It’s about the potential health hazards of purportedly antimicrobial silver […]
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The CEO of Timberland, Jeff Swartz, gives a head to toe description of his outfit.
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The CEO of Timberland describes the push-pull of making sure overseas employees aren’t forced into illegal working situations.
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Jeff Swartz thinks it’s important for business leaders to take responsibility for their failures.
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Jeff Swartz thinks banning bottled water at his company shows employees that something big is coming.
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Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz didn’t try to win the acceptance of the hip hop generation; it just happened. And now he might be losing them.
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CEO Jeff Swartz remembers the Italian man named Giuseppe, the first person to smell the essence of the company’s brand: a New England rough spirit.
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A conversation with the CEO of Timberland.
When it comes to 50th birthday parties, you can’t do much better than Gavin Friday. His childhood friend, U2’s Bono, helped arrange a star-studded benefit concert at New York Carnegie […]
Universal Thinking
There have been recent signs that the Republicans could bounce back from their devastating defeat last fall in the upcoming midterm elections. As I wrote a month ago, the early […]
There's an architect in Texas who is known as the Dr. Seuss of architecture. Instead of suburbs with cookie cutter houses, creative architecture offers an opportunity for individuality.
I would like to cooperate all around the world for my social and interactive public art events..If I fell where is an positive artistic and humanistic energie I like to be there...For to create new 3D art works,ideas,diologs with Artists and Public peoples...I hope I can move my artistic visions with me where I will go...