Week's News: This may explain a lot of our world, Why Change Is So Hard: Self-Control is Exhaustible (no matter how old!). Women ruled politics this week, FIFA Soccer started today (so our family is glued to the set or watching outside on mobile devices!), and seems like summer is really here finally - kids are out of school, weather is warmer. Have a great weekend!
Socio/Geo/Political
What We Don't Know about the Flotilla Incident - City Journal 03June10: An honest viewpoint of the situation - if you've read my postings on Turkey, you can see the pattern - as Turkey turns more Islamic, it has to be more confrontational with Israel and cannot remain 'cooperative' - it simply cannot. Additionally, reports about starvation in Gaza are wrong - there are some with only 1 meal a day but if you are part of Hamas, you have plenty - the issues of food, shelter etc. are clearly tied to one's relationship with Hamas, not to embargoes.
Burma Seeking Nuclear Weapons - WashingtonPost 04June10: Who would have thought? Proliferation? No! And who might be helping them? North Korea, Iran? Is any of this more of a threat to the world than the Flotilla and Gaza? And maybe whomever is helping Burma is helping Al Queda?
The Gulf and Potential Damage of Hurricanes - Business Insider 04June10: I saw a chart on the expected path, without hurricanes, around Florida and up the east coast (going right by where I grew up on the Jersey Shore) finally turning out to see around MA and the Cape...this is just stunning, there are no words, and no money, to fix this.
Nigeria's Agony Dwarfs the Gulf's Spill and EU & USA Ignore it - Guardian-UK 04June10: Ah, who cares about Africa. Nigeria is a mess on so many fronts - muslims & christians killing each other, raping the land of natural resources (and china moving in to do the same - see above), but this - the world really doesn't care. Let's face it. However, the current issue of McKinsey Quarterly has some positive news on economic development on the "Dark Continent"
Nobody's Perfect, But They Were Good (Peggy Noonan) WSJ 05June10: This is an amazing, wonderful, uplifting sign of humanity, of real sportsmanship, of taking accountability, responsibility and just plain great human behavior - wow! This is what kids should aspire to in sports (and just plain behavior!)
Home Ownership is Over-rated by Richard Florida - WSJ 07June10: Richard Florida always makes us think and he has some good points (good blog to follow too)...so many of my clients mention that their people are reluctant to move, and this was even before the recession. There is a balance between stability - building a community, not wanting to move cuz the kids are in school, you've got fellowship etc., and new experiences. But with the current economic situation, the home has become a ball and chain for so many.
One Hospital's Radical Prescription for Change - HBR Blog 02June10: Fast Company and others have shown the 'hospital of the future' in terms of design (layout, color, etc.) and this sounds fabulous - it will be interesting to see how the financials play out - not just in the short but the long-term and if their management is willing to wait for long-term.
Wal*Mart Offers Employees College Educations - NYT 04June10: So what is this? A way to stem employee turnover? yes. A way to test the waters on getting into this industry? I say yes - they're into healthcare systems, other things - why not this? The quote I found fascinating is that if just 10-15% of employees sign up, it's the equivalent of 3 Ohio State Universities!!! WOW!
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