Word: dependence
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...stop them? For coalition forces in Iraq, rooting out the terrorists and foiling future attacks will depend on reliable intelligence and the cooperation of local Iraqis, many of whom have expressed reluctance about being seen working with the U.S. out of fear of reprisals by anti-American thugs. But one hopeful development has been the revulsion voiced by Iraqis at the depraved tactics of al-Qaeda and its sympathizers. "Before, I thought al-Qaeda only killed Americans," says Kadem Saleh, 33, a pilgrim in Najaf. "Now they are killing Iraqis. I say, 'Allah curse them.'" The U.S. still needs...
...oblivious to the pain they inflict, this amounts to little more than playing the fiddle while Rome burns. After all, my peers and I have spent the last quarter century educating a generation of managers to lead organizations that are mistrusted and resented by the majority of people who depend upon them. Where is our sense of urgency and accountability? We should be rethinking every assumption behind our purpose, message and methods. A century ago, managerial capitalism was the solution. Now it is the problem. The old inward focus has become pathological, leaving today’s capitalism badly...
...living in a period of “disruptive capitalism,” because we have changed more than the companies we depend on as consumers and employees. Today, we have all become history’s shock absorbers, struggling to reconcile our new needs with the demands of an exhausted business model. A chasm has developed between organizations and us. It is filled with our stress, outrage and frustration. Anxiety is widespread and most people feel that they are being forced to fight over an ever-shrinking pie. How did we get here...
...secret pension trusts, corrupt stock analysts, accounting fraud and CEO paychecks. Or, we can read the U.S. News &World Report fat double issue, “A Consumer Survival Guide.” Think about it—more than two-thirds of the jobs in the U.S. economy depend upon consumer expenditure. Consumers—that means you and I—own this economy; our cash makes it run. Still, the best we are offered is advice on how to survive the onslaught of mistreatment we routinely face. All of this is an unprecedented expression of contempt...
Record companies blame file sharing for a 31 percent drop in compact disc sales since mid-2000—a number that may overstate the effect of sharing due to the contracting economy—but they should be finding ways to generate revenue that do not depend on litigation...