Business Reputation: Creativity and Happiness

Links for 2009-06-08 [Digg]

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Yes I Can - Stanley Fish Blog - NYTimes.com
Professor Fish analyzes how I Obama positions himself over time.

Links for 2009-05-01 [Digg]

Sat, 02 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Women and Minorities Seen as a Focus of Search
The news that President Obama will nominate a judge to the Supreme Court fanned the speculative flames in legal and political circles.

Links for 2009-04-24 [Digg]

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

The GOP: Divorced from Reality
The Republican base is behaving like a guy who just got dumped by his wife... a bitter divorced guy whose country has left him -- obsessing over it, haranguing it, blubbering one minute about how much you love it and vowing the next that if you cannot have it, nobody will. But it's been almost 100 days, and your country is not coming back to you.

Links for 2009-04-17 [Digg]

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Tears Not Shed - The Legacy of Philosophy and Politics � On
Tara has the same fire to effect the world as I do. She unlike me is a “limousine liberal” without the limousine - neither of us have limousines - she has the maternalism - I’m too pessimistic to care if anyone is saved! Her basic view is that education will free her opponents from the faulty views they hold.

Links for 2009-04-01 [Digg]

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Harvard Derivatives Whiz Fired For Emailing Larry Summers Ab
A former quantitative analyst at Harvard Management Company, the university's endowment manager, tells the Harvard Crimson she was fired for voicing concern to then-university president Larry Summers' chief of staff about the money manager's risky use of derivatives.Iris Mack, 2nd African-Amer woman Harvard PhD in applied math found a "frightening"

Links for 2009-03-24 [Digg]

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Obama Holding ONLINE Town Hall on Thursday
"Open for Questions" is a new experiment for WhiteHouse.gov. Thursday morning, the President will conduct a special online town hall on the economy and answer some of the most popular questions and the event will be streamed on WhiteHouse.gov. Hopefully it will last.

Links for 2009-03-23 [Digg]

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Americans Not Blaming Obama For AIG: Poll
Despite a media push to pin the AIG bonuses on on President Obama, a poll finds that 93% say others are to blame, not President Obama.

In Conversation with my Conservative younger Cousin

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:47:00 +0000

The other day, I stumbled into a strange conversation. My younger cousin and I found ourselves in a conversation concerning President Obama’s Health Care initiative. I was strongly for and he as...

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In Broken Images

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:56:00 +0000

David Brooks in his column of 1/19/09 described the cultural changes that unseated long held cultural truths of our collect past. In so doing he reminded me of a poem that for me captures the moment....

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Bad Faith – Living a Madoff Life!

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:37:00 +0000

Evil tries to be complicated. Its methods are tricky--working by indirection and opposites, by mirror-effects and sleight of hand. Bernard Madoff’s name will surely become a verb recognized as...

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Before Celebrating Barack’s Victory

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:07:00 +0000

What is most difficult is to be still. I have dared to take on the challenge of Hope. I have exulted in my strength and forestalled the apathy of irony and the procrastination in cleverness. Now I...

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Reputation and Customer Experience

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:49:00 +0000

All to often firms express the value for serving their customer based on hype. Much has been made about Comcast and other high contact firms - in this sense high contact means the firm provides key...

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Reputation Formula and ROI

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:51:00 +0000

Reputation = experience + actions + history + people What the formula stresses is that it should be read from people back to experience. The most important method that a leader needs to use to...

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A Conversation On Leadership

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:57:00 +0000

A conversation about leadership at the Harvard Business School centennial celebration with John Doerr - venture capitalist, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Jeffrey Immelt - chairman and CEO,...

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Where Are the Good Americans!!

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:51:00 +0000

Last week Sarah Palin made a comment in North Carolina telling her audience that they represented the good Americans - but maybe she's right - Jon Daily has a view you should listen to.

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Tina - Sarah - On SNL

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:54:00 +0000

The true art of a parody is to miss the truth slightly - watching Tina then Sarah, well maybe you can tell the difference

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TIPS for Reputation & Finance for the Small Business

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:07:00 +0000

The recent credit crisis is just a reminder of the importance on every organization's leadership: reputation management. This is where having a sound reputation strategy that you can use to navigate...

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Reputation Trumps Greed - The Reputationist Stand

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:20:00 +0000

We have seen it - heard all the justification - learned from an early age - self interest trumps cooperation. Time and time again the issue was thrown in our faces - those of us that suggested that...

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Tweeting Results - What do your Friends Think?

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:11:00 +0000

During the last debate I took part in the use of a service related to twitter: Plodt.com What it does is captures on a free web site yours and others reactions from their tweets. In the graphic to...

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Say It Ain't So - Sarah

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:56:00 +0000

One would think concern for their reputation would limit, if stop throwing character bombs as Sarah and John have engaged - NO - you would think they would have little or nothing in their background...

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Reputation, Recuperation and Leadership - McCain's Failure

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:04:00 +0000

I imagine a mythic struggle has been taking place within the Obama campaign. On one side are those that would smite McCain and low road, tactics at every turn campaign – giving like for like or...

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Tina Does Debate

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:48:00 +0000

I can't help myself - Tina does it again. For those that would have Sarah for VP - Tina is a smarter version .

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Ambassodors, Marketing - Viral Email Socail Networking

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:35:00 +0000

Here's an idea - use your brand ambasadors to post email content on their profile page thus spreading both their interest and your message. The point for the marketing firm is to use Share-to-Social...

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Angry McCain - Destroys His Reputation

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:54:00 +0000

a McCain biographer and former champion of the Maverick Myth: “McCain’s recent conduct of his campaign - his willingness to lie repeatedly (including in his acceptance speech) and to play...

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Reputation: Building on Trust

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:09:00 +0000

Congress to the Market: "Drop Dead!!" This is the situation we find ourselves - the House of Representatives just rejected the legislation that the leaders in the Congress, Senate and Administrative...

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Tina Does Sarah - 2

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Much need not be said - except that Sarah continues to parody herself. I for one do not believe she should remove herself from the McCain campaign. Not because I think she is qualified...

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Has someone tampered with McCain's Metamucil???

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:36:00 +0000

It's clear that Dave does not being dis by McCain, but the questions he ask as to why are all good ones!! Can McCain's reputation continue to take these kinds of hits?? "In the middle of the...

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Campaign Lowers our Reputation

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:02:00 +0000

What makes McCain's campaign so damaging is that as it lowers the bar - our national Reputation is also lowered. Maybe McCain is only the last worst example of what the Republican Party has come to...

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Refresher - First Steps to Building a Reputation

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:12:00 +0000

An illusion is a distortion of the senses, revealing how the brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. While illusions distort reality, your reputation is the distortion that is...

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Low Road to Highest Office

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:43:00 +0000

It is hard to watch someone that has shown courage - become a parity of himself - but McCain has. In the last few months has repeatedly shown new lows in campaigning as he attempts to capture the...

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Tina Does Palin

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:06:00 +0000

I promised myself that I would stop writing about Sarah Palin - SNL made me change my mind - just this once. Blogged with the Flock Browser

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Advertising v Reputation - Social Networking Tips

oldude59@gmail.com (Reputationist) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:19:00 +0000

As social networking becomes a common tool in advertising strategy and building reputation online there is lots that can go well through the involvement, but with lots jumping on to the pages such as...

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