Thomas Otter

(photo CC 2.o attribution, thanks to g-hat!)
World leaders are gathering in Pittsburgh to discuss banking reform and other pressing matters. According to the Guardian,  the discussions are likely to be rocky.
European leaders appeared to be on a collision course tonight with Barack Obama and Gordon Brown after Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, warned that [...]

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It is full of excellent nuggets. Obsess about your customers, not your competitors. Invent. Think long term. Be prepared to be misunderstood.  I wonder how many other CEO’s could present their business principles in this precise yet genuine way?  I believe the presentation was mainly aimed at [...]

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From the cc flickrstream of sludgegulper Thanks!
I have been watching and reading about the goings on with the UK parliamentarian expenses with a mixture of incredulousness, dismay, horror, and anger. As this isn’t the place to charge off on a political rant, I’ll leave my criticisms to a minimum, save to say this is [...]

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photo. My bike. In Italy last summer
I enjoy long distance cycling, and throughout the warmer months of the year, I try and get out on my bicycle most days. I normally train for a big event, involving some big hills, so that I have a goal to aim for. I do [...]

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Both of them used social software to rapidly organize protests. Both with 10,000s of participants in a matter of days.
John Prescott, former UK deputy Prime Minister,  took on the Bank bonus issue in the UK.
Anne took on the Facebook Terms of Service. She blogged about her reasons for starting the group.
I hadn’t read anything about [...]

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