“Can Anyone Really Create Jobs,” this New York Times article asks. Adam Davidson’s answer is no, and that presidential candidates especially don’t possess this magical power.
This fact doesn’t cork the flow of candidate jobs plans, and more importantly there are other problems that our country will face at the end of the job crisis; it would be good to hear candidates address these issues as well.
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The OneVoice delegation caught the attention of the Jerusalem Post, for its important meeting with President Shimon Peres. Over the course of the meeting, Daniel, Jason Alexander, and the delegation’s prominent business leaders spoke about ways to achieve peace in the region, the need to respect opposing leaders, and a vision to unite the myriad of opinions. It is definitely worth checking out this article.
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With the lack of leadership in Washington, it is comforting to know there is creativity and bold leadership coming from business entrepreneurs who want to contribute towards improving society. Take a look at this article about Howard Schultz’s efforts to generate jobs for America. This is a harbinger for the increasing role that enlightened capitalists will play in the future to address social challenges we face. As business pervades more and more in our daily lives, market forces and good corporate brands will be able to play increasing leadership roles – even as politicians get co-opted by special interests and petty extremist politics.
This Wired article reveals some of the content in the much awaited bio, Steve Jobs.
For example:
Steve Wanted to go ‘Thermonuclear’ on Android
Jobs was livid when HTC introduced an Android phone that shared a number of iPhone features in early 2010. An excerpt from the book: “I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong,” Jobs said. “I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.” He told Google’s Eric Schmidt, “I don’t want your money. If you offer me $5 billion, I won’t want it. I’ve got plenty of money. I want you to stop using our ideas in Android, that’s all I want.’’ [AP]
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The word flip-flopper has been so overused that it is actually harmful to obsess on whether political candidates have changed their views on a particular occasion. It is fine for people to evolve in their views. That said, Mitt Romney’s approach to politics seems to be a true example of what we should criticize: pure pandering and change of the deepest positions just to say what he thinks the audience of the day may want to hear. Read this article from Maureen Dowd to get some examples…
OneVoice brought Israeli leaders, running the political gamete, to meet with 500 participants in order to discus the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The event took place at Tel Aviv’s Cinematheque, and OneVoice conducted 30 roundtable discussions ranging from women’s role in peace building to Israel’s relationship with Turkey.
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Steve Jobs’s closest colleagues share lessons that they learned from their leader in this NYT article. Doing whatever it takes to please customers, patience, moving forward from mistakes, and passion, were all key drivers of Jobs’s success.
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The news of Steve Jobs’ passing really hit me, in an unusually strong way. I don’t know if it is because he was only 56 years old, or that he was such a business icon, or that he transformed the way people live and created so much financial value and so much enjoyment for so many. Or maybe it was that in a strange way many of us felt like he was part of our extended family, as his persona and accomplishments have certainly captured our imagination and attention. He was a courageous fighter, against pancreatic cancer, for innovation, for positive change, for excellence, and for beauty.
Here is a link to his Commencement speech at Stanford.
God bless him and his family.
While it is not rosy or pleasant to read, this article from Ethan Bronner provides an excellent analysis of the socio-political forces internally shaping both Turkish and Israeli politics and impacting geo-political realities as a result. It also sadly underlines that some politicians put their own careers ahead of the wellbeing of their nations. It is easier to score political goals by appealing to ultra-nationalism. True leaders who place their countries ahead of their political careers, and whose leadership qualities are strong enough to enable them to do this while still succeeding in galvanizing their constituents behind them, are rarer.
This New York Times article makes the important point that having the most capable, productive and creative employees are a key component to success in any business. It is important that all team members give 120% and that mediocrity never be tolerated. Thanks to our leadership team, we have the good fortune to be able to work with many great team members who work around the clock with focus and diligence.
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