In the last issue I described the virtual, global company that outsources much of its work, focuses on core capability, and depends on others for many of the vital parts of its business. As key parts of the business are moved outside — whether subassemblies in the manufacturing world, software development in the service business, …
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Lewis E. Platt is the recently retired Chairman and CEo of Hewlett Packard, and currently the CEO of Kendall Jackson Wine Estates. In reflecting on a career at HP, Lew talks about changes in technology, preserving a valued corporate culture in a time of great change, and dealing with globalization through his experiences in Russia, China, and the recent World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle.
In my last column I discussed the benchmark value of privacy — the critical importance of being left alone, uninvaded, unobserved by others. This is a benchmark value, not a luxury “add-on,” because it has to do with our basic humanity and health. All human beings must have some kind of privacy or their personalities …
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The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
by Richard Sennet
Many of us are dealing with high volume e-mail. How many daily e-mail messages do you receive? How do you handle your e-mail so that you neither overlook important messages, or waste time on unimportant ones?
