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Markel's company ordered seven $60,000 Tandberg 8000s--the Rolls-Royce of videoconferencing--which come equipped with 50-in. plasma screens for high-definition video. Presenters can just plug in their laptop to display data on one of the screens. The Tandberg can simultaneously connect to as many as 10 video sites and four additional audio sites. And the equipment will significantly reduce Markel's travel costs--almost $5 million last year within North America alone...
Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb has been using videoconferencing since 1991, when it paid $500,000 to build a special room with enough enhancements to ensure optimal quality. In recent years Bristol-Myers has used the technology to connect as many as 130 sites for one meeting, allowing scattered researchers to compare clinical data and discuss projects. "We use it in all aspects of our operations, from discovery to development to commercialization," says Mark Lamon, who oversees videoconferencing for the company's research-and-development unit...
Successful leaders, he maintains, can connect emotionally through a variety of distinct leadership styles--ranging from what he terms "visionary" and "coaching" to "affiliative" and "democratic." CEO Shelly Lazarus, for instance, still recalls that when she was starting out at the Ogilvy & Mather ad agency, she received a surprise visit from boss David Ogilvy. He asked Lazarus, who was eight months pregnant, how she was doing and what her career aspirations were. And when IBM CEO Lou Gerstner--a notorious tough guy--first came aboard to lead a turnaround in 1993, he took a democratic route, relying on "advice from...
...tunnel is planned for the northeast corner of campus to connect two buildings on opposite sides of Cambridge Street that have already been approved by the City Council. The tunnel might even decrease traffic on city streets. The passageway will reduce congestion in the area by essentially eliminating the need for CGIS workers and visitors to hold up traffic by frequently crossing busy Cambridge Street to pass from one building to another...
...jaws with toothy mouths. The other “Untitled” (1998, soil on paper) is sluggish, almost bogged down with the weight of dirt that has been splattered on the paper over broad charcoal lines. Brookner’s work, while intense and visceral, is challenging to connect with: her collages are like hieroglyphics...