Monthly Focus Point: Jun18-Jul18

A deal was reached on the early hours of 22 July between Greece and its international creditors, regarding the former’s request for debt relief, on the occasion of the end of its macroeconomic adjustment program. Both sides issued statements of satisfaction after the deal, with Klaus Regling, the head of the Eurozone’s bailout fund, going Read more about Monthly Focus Point: Jun18-Jul18[…]

Something’s Gotta Give #6: New age marketing

I have oftentimes said through this blog, as well as via other means, that the more technology is advancing, the more intrusive, not to mention abusive, marketing professionals are becoming. From the spreading of the printing press in the 1500s, to the advent of nation-wide telephone systems in the 1900s, to mass e-mail marketing in Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #6: New age marketing[…]

ECB announces end to QE hours after FED announced an increase in interest rates

The ECB announced after today’s meeting in Riga, that it will leave its Quantitative Easing (“QE”) policy unchanged, at EUR30b per month, until the end of Sep18, by which time it will cut it to EUR15b. The QE will then continue at the pace EUR15b per month until the end of Dec18 and then end. That being Read more about ECB announces end to QE hours after FED announced an increase in interest rates[…]

Back To The Drawing Board #5: The clockwork

This one is easily my most passionate podcast yet. Executives in project-based companies that dedicate time to managing people are as anachronistic as someone who would use cows to plow their field. What you really need to manage is teams. And real teams take time to build. You can’t force them by mixing and matching Read more about Back To The Drawing Board #5: The clockwork[…]