Looking Back In Time
One television show I enjoy watching is Mad Men, which takes viewers back to the world of the early 1960’s advertising agency. Through the series, we get reminded how far we have
Mike Critelli
Testimony To Transportation Strategy Board–September 18, 2008
I find a lot of the commentary on what we will have to do to achieve energy independence and to adjust to a time of scarcity to be misguided. Telling Americans they have
Groupthink
In the Sunday, November 2, 2008, New York Times business section was a great column by Robert J. Schiller, a professor of economics and finance at Yale, and a person who understands how
Pooling Resources
In the Sunday, November 23, 2008, New York Times, in the Connecticut and The Region section, I was struck by the inadvertent juxtaposition of two articles. The first, in the Town Green column
Difficulty Of Changing Organizational Processes
In two contexts, I have seen the complexity of changing information technology systems and organizational processes. I focus on this issue because many business and government reforms, such as health care reform, require
The Conflict Between Our Worker vs. Our Consumer Roles
One of the deepest potential conflicts in every society is the conflict between the roles we have as workers versus consumers. As a consumer, we want the best product or service at the