Managing The Human Animal

Managing the Human Animal by Nigel Nicholson is an insightful book on the evolutionary psychology to all aspects of organizational behavior. A must read.

Useful link:

http://faculty.london.edu/nnicholson

How The Pink Diamond Tender Auction Works

I found Gary Roskin's article on pink diamond auction + viewpoints @ http://www.jckonline.com/blog/1950000195/post/940034094.html insightful.

Useful links:
www.argylepinktender.com
www.riotintodiamonds.com

Kings Place

Peter Millican's Kings Place (music + art) opens to the public on October 1, 2008. Don't miss it.

Useful links:
www.kingsplace.co.uk
www.gallery-pangolin.com

Steve Wozniak's Words Of Wisdom

I found Steve Wozniak's words of wisdom + other viewpoints @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7641182.stm interesting.

Useful link:
www.iwoz.org

BootsnAll

I've found the new travel feature/search engine website @ www.bootsnall.com interesting. Check it out!

Toledo Cacao

Joshua Berman's article on the chocolate farming region of Belize's remote southern Toledo region @ http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/article/2008/09/17/AR2008091702538.html was insightful.


Useful links:
www.toledochocolate.com
www.transfairusa.org
www.fairtrade.org.uk
www.globalexchange.org

Random Thoughts

The Golden Age for financial services is over. It will never be the same, not in my career. Revenues will be far harder to get in the future. The consumer is deleveraging, just like many of the banks. We'll see big write-downs all the way through next year that won't abate until 2010. Over that period a number of big banks won't have enough capital to make a lot of loans.

- Ken Lewis
CEO, Bank of America

Signs of the times!

Heard On The Street

In the long run, we are all dead.