Archive for September, 2009

Looks can kill

I’m probably reading too much into this comment by Carlos Ghosn (from an interview that you can I read here):
“I prefer a not-so-attractive car that sells well than an attractive car that sells less. People who are buying Logan are looking for a family car with lots of space and not necessarily for racing. However [...]

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Yes, it is Rocket Science

And no, it’s not just the Three Stooges who can mess up a job. Toss in cost-squeezing negotiations, move-risk-off-the-balance-sheet approaches, geographic distances and varying time-zones, linguistic and cultural differences and a few other similar ingredients. Heat and stir, and voila: you have one fine mess served up on a  plate of your choosing.
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The True Cost of Outsourcing

In a book (read it here) that’s starts with a lack of humility that we’d expect from anyone in finance these days, Andrew Lees argues that the productivity gains that the Western-World has seen are built principally around the exploitation of energy. And explaining how the availability of lower-cost skills in other countries [...]

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Ride of Tomorrow

One of the best articles I have read on the why and how of design is from a website that doesn’t load – rideoftomorrow.com. I hope this is just a temporary glitch, not a cloud that’s melted and gone.
Since it’s not accessible on the internet as far as I can tell, the document itself is [...]

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