The Two Sides of Aubrey
He's a hero: Chesapeake Energy may earn $2 billion this year and could solve our energy problems. He's a risk junkie: His aggressiveness could (and almost did kill) the company.
Christopher Helman, Forbes Staff
He's a hero: Chesapeake Energy may earn $2 billion this year and could solve our energy problems. He's a risk junkie: His aggressiveness could (and almost did kill) the company.
Christopher Helman, Forbes Staff
Drew Hansen, Forbes Staff
Glenn Llopis, Contributor
John Kotter, Contributor
There couldn’t have been a better way to approach the end of 2011 than at the ambitious and cheerful Net Impact conference followed by Business for Social Responsibility's (BSR) annual conference. read »
Search the word “business” under the “Books” tab on Amazon.com and you’ll get 2 million results. You could wade through all of that throat-clearing pap—er, wisdom--or you could chat at length with a living, breathing billionaire who has made it his very personal mission to teach small business owners how to succeed. read »
The California Gold Rush, the trek to Oregon and the Mormon Pioneer's crossing of the plains to Utah represent a huge migration that ultimately colonized the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Coast of the United States. Earlier this summer, some friends of mine retraced a short section of the trail used by the Mormons through southwestern Wyoming. Along the trail, was a marker, an arrow pointing to the right direction (attributed to Brigham Young), to help keep the wagon trains on the right path. read »
How much does cloud computing really cost? Anyone know yet? Last week, I mentioned some estimates which suggest that companies can save up to 30% in IT costs over a three-year period employing cloud resources versus on-premises equipment. A relatively small operation with two application servers and two database servers could expect to pay about $106,000 over a three-year period, versus $149,000 for internal IT. read »
It has been a rough few months for utility companies in the northeast. After Hurricane Irene and the recent October snowstorm, the phrase “Good morning” was often replaced with “Do you have power?” in many northeastern offices, schools and neighborhood cafés. I don’t envy these utilities companies: two unusual weather events combined with an aging infrastructure and a notoriously short-fused population can be a headache for even the best prepared. Apparently, the strain is showing at Northeast Utilities,[...] read »
I welcome back my colleague Ken Perlman to offer up new insights this week. Today’s post looks at the best ways to breed success in your organization and rid your people of a "who-does-what" mentality. read »
Attack the Block, one of my favorite movies this year and now out on DVD and Blu-ray, begs the question How local is too local? read »
