by Mark Raskino | February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
One of the great pleasures of being a Brit working for an American company is the exchange of interesting words, phrases, and colloquialisms. For example I recently had to explain ‘cream crackered‘ to someone. This week a great new term arrived on my news alert doorstep from across the pond: ‘shovel ready’. I love it! [...]
Category: CEO Economy Management Recession Strategy Tags: CFO, Economy, Shovel Ready
by Mark Raskino | February 9, 2009 | 3 Comments
Given all the volatility we have been seeing over the last 12 to 18 months many business leaders must be tearing their hair out in frustration trying set a plan they can keep hold of and work to. Plans need to be revised because key indicators are heading in the wrong direction and some metrics [...]
by Mark Raskino | February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment
Are we half way through yet? That’s a question about the recession fewer commentators seem to be asking. Perhaps that itself is a good sign (bull capitulation). Those looking for the half way marker and the turning point will often remind us that government unemployment figures, while interesting, are a lagging indicator. So instead they [...]
Category: CEO Economy Management Recession Strategy Tags: Add new tag, CEO, Jobs, Recession, Unemployment
