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Farhood Wants Insurance

Wednesday July 23, 2008 12:00 AM

by Rebecca Ryan in General

I met a poster child for the next gen a few weeks ago, Farhood Basiri.  He'll be a guest on my new podcast series (it's not available yet; we're in the studio taping it this summer).This morning, Farhood sent this email:Hi Friends,I'm sharing ...

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Cities on a Human Scale

Wednesday July 9, 2008 12:00 AM

by Rebecca Ryan in Communities

Many cities, like American waistlines, are expanding. Outward. Call it 'sprawl,' 'creep' or 'suburbanization.' Whatever you call it, this spillage is creating greater demand for roads, highways and cars. And it's not the kind of city most of us ...

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Is Barack a Next Gen Candidate?

Wednesday June 4, 2008 12:00 AM

by Rebecca Ryan in General

This morning I received this email from the ever-cool Linda Schreiber (Iowa City, Iowa.)  You'll remember that Iowa was the first state in the nation to give Barack the nod, during the democratic primaries.  Iowans are good people, who give ...

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Nobody Works the Way We Do

Wednesday May 14, 2008 12:00 AM

by Rebecca Ryan in Companies

...says Eric Schmidt, Google's adult-in-residence. He goes on to say, "The Google culture makes sense if you're in it, and no sense if you're not." (Business Week, May 12, 2008)And that's exactly what strong cultures are supposed to do: ...

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Making Mickey Mouse Modern

Wednesday May 14, 2008 12:00 AM

by Rebecca Ryan in General

"I love classic Mickey, but to kids today, classic Mickey is meaningless. They want modern Mickey, but what is that?" - Bob Iger, CEO of Walt Disney. ("The Iger Difference," Fortune, April 28, 2008.)Classis Mickey (below) was an ...

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