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How Corporate Practices Can Change The World
The decision by Maggie Whitman, former C.E.O of EBay and the poster girl for corporate women, to run for the Governor of California splits the opinion poll. Can a woman fix one of the world’s largest economy? What’s interesting is how...
Re-observe The Labor Day
Oh..It’s the time of the year again for laborers to get their ‘well-deserved’ break again. Yeay. It’s labor day. Although other countries might call it International Worker’s Day, The May Day, The Worker’s Day, Holiday of National Labor, ...
How Companies Can Respond To The Crisis
I hate to play around with this issue during this unfortunate time, but I’m part of the ‘What You See Is What You Write’ concept. Open the newspaper and every 10 out of 10 articles in the business section will have negative words about the econ...
Your Company: Grow Them Big or Stay Small?
I know you must’ve been to dozens of seminars about thinking big, being a mega-oligarch, growing a business empire, IPO, internationalization, globalization, Fortune 500, Forbes Billionaires- and you’re now dreaming of sitting back in your Rol...
The Economic Crisis: A Stupid Self Fulfilling Prophecy
In the recent weeks' tragedy, following the fall of Lehman Brothers, there were fears that a second Great Depression is brewing. While analysts desperately try to allay those fears by telling people not to panic, it's hard to calm down.We're in a dee...
Case Studies: Being a Creative Capitalist
When I received my August 1st Time Magazine's issue in my mailbox, I was quickly drawn upon the familiar face on the glossy cover- it's the former #1 billionaire, Mr. Bill Gates. The PC tycoon personally did a write-up, covering the subject he master...
Career Advice for Call Center Executives
Oh crap. This past week my ISP have decided to irritate me, everything becomes so slow, my internet speed is measured in light-years.When I called their customer call center, not surprisingly, my complaints have fallen to deft ears. Just to make myse...
Golf Is for the Unfair Advantage
Of all the sports in the entire milky way, you should agree that golf is the most useless one there is. You'll spend thousands of dollars just for a microscopic improvement in your health.If health is the expected return, then golf must be the worst ...
My Philantrophic Responsibilties Explained...
Picture for 'illustration' purpose only.I don't care. Why should I give a damn.I will not be around by the time the global warming starts melting human eye-brows.I don't have cancers. And if my relatives have it, it's already too late to find a cure....
How Companies Could (be) Exploit(ed by) Web 2.0
If you never heard of the term "Web 2.0", then I'm sure your email address ends with Hotmail.com, and has already expired. I got a recent client anxious to embrace the latest digital phenomenon, but sadly, knows nothing about them. So I pinpointed hi...
Retailing: Clever Tactics Targeting The Not-So Clever
My company, Gobloc Insulting, recently received a new client who stated their desire to expand their retail businesses.Therefore we came out with a comprehensive proposal that uses confusing jargons and over-hyped terms to convince (fool) them that t...
I'm Offering $89.2b To Acquire Yahoo! Inc.
For those of you who have been following the tech news recently, you wouldn't miss the fact that: IT-Mogul Microsoft bid a whooping $44.6b to acquire the internet giant YahooAnd the deal has been shot down by the latter on the grounds of 'not in th...
How To Promote Your (Useless) Product Using No Budget
It is a well-known fact that consultant's clients are not that clever in marketing their own stuff. Most probably they just woke up from bed one day and.....Dumb@55: Hey.. let's invent something and make a fortune out of it!Clever Friend: Wait a minu...
Understanding Business Contract
Should corporate executives really bother about terms and conditions? Well, yes. With consumer movements sporadically growing around the world to a greater strenght, we have to take a cautious approach - lawsuits can bring a company down for good. So...
Let's Say It: WE LOVE MAYBANK!!!
The biggest bank in Malaysia is getting bigger!! How could you not love it? They have overseas presence like no other local bank, ATM machines everywhere, wide-spread popularity of its internet banking and a proud and brave tiger as its symbol. I hav...
Help Me! (some charges apply)
What's wrong with that? Yes, I'm in dire need for help. But I'm gonna apply some charges for you to help me. Yes, if you agree to help me, you have to pay me. Why not? You have been doing it for a while now. Don't discriminate me. Remember when th...
