rethinkchronicles » CEO http://www.rethinkchronicles.com A guide through the rapidly developing Rethink Revolution Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:08:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Silicon Valley may become Graphene Gulch http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/23/silicon-valley-may-become-graphene-gulch/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/23/silicon-valley-may-become-graphene-gulch/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:37:47 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=938 Some day you may see a workman replacing a location sign designating Silicon Valley. In its place the new sign could read Nanotube Valley, or maybe Graphene Gulch. That is improbable at best, but could be more accurate. Researchers are anticipating the day when it will be impossible to further miniaturize [...]

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Silicon Valley may become Graphene Gulch

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/23/silicon-valley-may-become-graphene-gulch/feed/ 0 Death by a thousand cuts http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/07/death-by-a-thousand-cuts/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/07/death-by-a-thousand-cuts/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:33:05 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=914 For about a thousand years prior to the 20th century the Chinese used a form of execution known as death by a thousand cuts. That is an apt description of the consequences of the business as usual practices of many companies facing today’s challenges.For example, many executives function as though they were still in an era [...]

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Death by a thousand cuts

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/04/07/death-by-a-thousand-cuts/feed/ 0 Innovate or miss the recovery http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/02/24/innovate-or-miss-the-recovery/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/02/24/innovate-or-miss-the-recovery/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:44:17 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=875 Innovation is garnering attention in the business media, but like crop storage in a grainery it has no value until somebody buys it. The companies are numerous that have come up with great ideas only to see somebody else turn them into business breakthroughs. Equally numerous are companies that are best described as arid innovation deserts. [...]

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Innovate or miss the recovery

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/02/24/innovate-or-miss-the-recovery/feed/ 0 Branding is a marketing/Internet challenge http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/01/11/branding-is-a-marketinginternet-challenge/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/01/11/branding-is-a-marketinginternet-challenge/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:43:42 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=864 Marketing has always been part science and part instinct. The marketing component is the purview of the numbers crunchers. Instinct is the fuzzier realm of gut feel, tempered by experience and judgment. It is often difficult for executives to navigate the turbulent waters of branding, which is part measureable and part elusively ephemeral.One thing is certain. [...]

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Branding is a marketing/Internet challenge

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/01/11/branding-is-a-marketinginternet-challenge/feed/ 0 Clues to future corporate success http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/01/05/clues-to-future-corporate-success/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/01/05/clues-to-future-corporate-success/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:06:10 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=848 The first imperative is to deliberately, consciously wean the organization from excessive control, the methods most executives learned and practice in their profession. The late Peter Drucker explained, “Because the modern organization consists of knowledge specialists, it has to be an organization of equals, of colleagues and associates. No knowledge ranks higher than another; each [...]

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Clues to future corporate success

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2010/01/05/clues-to-future-corporate-success/feed/ 0 Checklist for science and technology advances http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/29/checklist-for-science-and-technology-advances/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/29/checklist-for-science-and-technology-advances/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:57:43 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=832 Ray Kurzweil

Executives anxious about bridging the gap between business as usual and exponential advances in science and technology have been given a checklist for their attention. These are the technologies recommended by the experts: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Medicine and Human-Machine Interfaces, Networks & Computing Systems, and Energy & Environmental Systems.

These [...]

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Checklist for science and technology advances

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/29/checklist-for-science-and-technology-advances/feed/ 0 CEO angst revealed http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/18/ceo-angst-revealed/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/18/ceo-angst-revealed/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:55:08 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=825 Chief Executive Magazine asked a cross-section of of CEOs to write about their outlook for the coming year. Editor J.P. Donlon said he was struck by their twin concerns about rising government spending and increasing taxes and regulations, as well as the effect both would have on what they regard as a fragile economic recovery.

Donlon observed, [...]

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CEO angst revealed

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/18/ceo-angst-revealed/feed/ 0 The Internet is a surrogate sales person http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-internet-is-a-surrogate-sales-person/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-internet-is-a-surrogate-sales-person/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:00:01 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=803 It is not surprising that corporations are struggling with how to budget for and use the Internet as a marketing tool and interface with customers. After all the Internet is a surrogate for sales people, and sales people are a surrogate for the image and reputation of the legal entity called a corporation.

Until accountants figure out [...]

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The Internet is a surrogate sales person

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-internet-is-a-surrogate-sales-person/feed/ 0 Time for business leaders to get off their butts http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/07/time-for-business-leaders-to-get-off-their-butts/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/07/time-for-business-leaders-to-get-off-their-butts/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:10:25 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=782 Peter G. Peterson

A prominent billionaire business man has issued a call to arms to American businesss leaders to “get off their butts” and go on the offensive and play a leading role in helping solve the nation’s economic problems. Peter G. Peterson, former Commerce secretary, CEO of Bell and Howell, and cofounder of the Blackstone [...]

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Time for business leaders to get off their butts

]]> http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/12/07/time-for-business-leaders-to-get-off-their-butts/feed/ 0 Muddle in the middle http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/08/20/muddle-in-the-middle/ http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/2009/08/20/muddle-in-the-middle/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:53:16 +0000 Editor http://www.rethinkchronicles.com/?p=685 Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Reacting to the tenor of the times, scholars and commentators are focusing on what could be called the “muddle in the middle”. Society seems to be like a child attempting to jump a puddle and instead landing kersplash in the middle. Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kantor writes about change being hardest [...]

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Muddle in the middle

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