Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation, has apologized for his company’s debacle surrounding design flaws with various car models. Should we praise someone who does what he or she is ethically required to do?
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My initial impressions of Davos 2010 was that the three dominant themes were recovery, uncertainty and governance. The early focus was on the speed and pace of recovery; the uncertainties of when to end the fiscal stimulus packages, the ongoing trade imbalances and the threat of currency revaluations combined with the urgent need to reform the financial sector.
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I’m writing this blog as I come back down from Davos 2010: literally, in terms of the journey back down the mountain to Zurich; metaphorically, in terms of coming down from the high and inevitable buzz one gets from this unique event.
As I write from the World Economic Forum, having attended an event with some of the UN leadership and CEOs from various sectors, I’m further reminded of the growing prominence of sustainability issues in both core business strategy and mainstream geo-politics. This was was barely thinkable even five years ago.
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Although Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speech on Thursday in Davos was received well, many of the delegates that I spoke with told me they thought Harper’s vision was too blinkered.
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It is clear that even despite the challenging outcome of Copenhagen, climate change is still very much front and center at Davos as global/political, civil society, and business leaders contemplate...
Much of the first few days of Davos have been preoccupied with the speed and scale of recovery and the reform program for the financial sector. It was good to...
The tech world is abuzz over the revelation of Apple's latest gizmo, the iPad. The only negative press that I’ve seen thus far has to do with whether John &...
This is a guest post from author Don Tapscott, chairman of nGenera Insight and Adjunct Professor, Rotman School of Management. Follow him on Twitter: @dtapscott Notwithstanding that some very good...
This is a guest post from author Don Tapscott, chairman of nGenera Insight and Adjunct Professor, Rotman School of Business. Follow him on Twitter: @dtapscott As a Fellow of the...
Should Conan have thought about the welfare of his staff before he said he wouldn’t move The Tonight Show to 12:05? I’m torn on this point. One of the hallmarks...
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