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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.
Timberland’s CEO on what worries him most.
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Jeff Swartz, the CEO of Timberland, tackles the age-old question.
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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 […]
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.
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A pilot project presented before the Colombian embassy in London in 2007. The idea is to enhance the current infrastructure of the capital of Colombia for the teaching of Spanish language to foreign students. The objective is to sell Bogotá as the world’s capital of the teaching of Spanish language.
Anti-aging expert Aubrey de Grey came through Big Think Friday afternoon looking not a bit older than when he first appeared on our site, in December 2007. He was in […]
You’ve heard the hullaballoo about recent legislative steps toward a carbon market. To which John Kerry responded last week, of his new climate bill, with a defensive: “I don’t know […]
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The Magnolia Bakery made famous by Sex and the City is venturing into the land of oil and indoor skiing. Owner Steve Abrams makes the exclusive announcement on Big Think.
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Duke University Professor William “Sandy” Darity says a “Baby Bonds” program could address racial wealth disparities.