“In crisis times . . . everyone gets much more focused on how they control their own economic destiny.” Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn There will be times when your company is under duress and the business world, and the press, are watching. As we said in Look Out Above!, perhaps following a natural disaster, […]
“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.” Benjamin Franklin So the Astros got busted for cheating (please see our most recent blog). Now comes the apology part, right? After hiring a PR firm to presumably help craft the message, club owner Jim Crane held a press conference to – one would have hoped – apologize […]
“If you know how to cheat, start now.” Baltimore manager Earl Weaver, to pitcher Ross Grimsley on the mound While Weaver’s remark was meant as a joke, Major League Baseball’s current cheating scandal is not so funny – it’s the sport’s biggest scandal since the steroid era. Turns out the Houston Astros have been cheating […]
“Capitalism is not a perfect system. It may be better than all other systems, but it is not a perfect system.” Warren Buffet Lots of people seemingly agree, at least with the not perfect part. According to an article by Julia LaRoche on Yahoo Finance, the just-released Edelman Trust Barometer suggests people are increasingly worried […]
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