The financial crisis has created a tremendous amount of angst this year over the compensation of Wall Street titans. Main Street and Wall Street have been creating juicy rationalizations over what sum of money is considered excessive or sufficient. Emotions escalated to the point in France where workers actually took their boss hostage. Many people […]
Author Archives: Bob
Fiat Controls Chrysler. What a Change!
Recenty I was speaking in front of a group of accountants, managers, and entrepreneurs in Sardinia. The topic of my discussion was “Change”. During the presentation I used Fiat as an example of change, how with the new 500 has developed from 50 years ago to 2008. I would have never guessed that in 2009 […]
The Worst has Passed?
On April 16th I wrote in english a blog entitled “Things Looking Up?”. Yesterday in La Repubblica there was a headline “Now the Confindustria turns optimistic”, where Emma Marcegaglia signals that “The worst has passed, and that there will be a restart in July.” Is this a coincidence with my blog? In the same moment […]
Things looking Up?
This AP wire story in the San Francisco Chronicle caught my attention. There were some interesting comments . Take a look. Are you feeling more optimistic?
The Internet and You
The other night I went to the Festival of International Journalism here in Perugia and in particular to see the presentation, “The Internet is Participation”…Twitter, Facebook and the like: which instruments are used to create a dialog with readers? The panel consisted of two Italian experts and one American, John Byrne, Director of Businessweek.com, which […]
Amanda Knox Attracts International Attention
Normally I do not follow sensationalized news stories. Since I am in Perugia I decided last Saturday to check out the Meredith Kercher murder trial involving Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend Raphael Sollecito. With the eyes of a foreigner I thought it would be a good idea to see the proceedings first hand. I […]
Obama's Economic Plan…Does it make sense?
I’ve been back in Italy for ten days now. The global economic crisis dominates the news just as it does in America. The expression “as America goes so does the world”, or in this instance Italia. Local opinions amongst friends and colleagues seem to focus on Obama’s plan to spend America’s way out of debt […]
Working Through the Crisis
The Economic Crisis has affected all of us. While I am working in Italy, I would like to offer a perspective on what is happening here and in America but more importantly offer a point of view on how to succeed in these turbulent times and at the same time stimulate a dialog between all […]
