I recently read an interview with Amazon.com founder and chairman and CEO Jeff Bezos in which he discussed the topic of innovation. When the interviewer took him to task for spending large amounts of money on research and development—both in good times and in bad—Bezos had this to say: “My view is there’s no bad [...]

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A Democratic Workplace? I recently learned of an organization called WorldBlu (www.worldblu.com) that publishes an annual list of the nation’s Most Democratic Workplaces. The 2007 list includes businesses (and a few nonprofits) in technology, manufacturing, telecommunications, retail and service industries with combined annual revenue of nearly $3 billion. Some of the organizations on the list [...]

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J. Robert Beyster It’s no secret that the U.S. economy is slowing down. According to the federal government, the economy shed 63,000 jobs in February, 2008—the fastest decline in five years. Housing prices have yet to find the bottom, the dollar is at all-time lows, oil prices routinely close at over $100 a barrel, and [...]

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by J. Robert Beyster As members of the Baby Boom generation begin to retire, businesses will find themselves facing a serious drain in employee brainpower, talent and experience. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 43 percent of the workforce operating between 2004 and 2012 will be eligible to retire within the next ten [...]

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by J. Robert Beyster As members of the Baby Boom generation begin to retire, businesses will find themselves facing a serious drain in employee brainpower, talent and experience. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 43 percent of the workforce operating between 2004 and 2012 will be eligible to retire within the next ten [...]

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