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...Cannes a few weeks ago. Attending an annual television conference called MipTV, where producers, broadcasters and Internet companies buy and sell programming, he stayed up until dawn in his hotel to watch his beloved ucla Bruins lose the ncaa basketball title game to the Florida Gators on an IBM T43 ThinkPad laptop. A couple of hours later he sheepishly dragged himself to the keynote podium and sarcastically declared: "Today's one of the first days I'm really upset at the Slingbox.'' He hasn't had much time for disappointment. Krikorian had flown to Cannes to announce that Sling Media...
...Forum event. While skepticism often abounds when leaders are told they might improve their ability to lead in just a couple of hours, few left Friday’s dinner without a deep appreciation for the leadership project. Students learned from each other and from guest speakers—IBM Professor of Business and Government Roger B. Porter and McKinsey & Co. innovations expert, Abigail Levy—what they might have otherwise learned only by running into walls. Many also formed connections that will allow them to collaborate on large-scale projects, instead of suffering in the doldrums of redundancy...
...IBM Professor of Business and Government and Dunster House Master Roger B. Porter issued the evening’s keynote address, blending explicit advice about "being tough" with scattered anecdotes about his experiences working in the Reagan and Bush administrations. Porter, who teaches the popular course Government 1540: "The American Presidency" reflected during his talk, on the time when former President George H. W. Bush generously shared his swanky summer wardrobe after Porter had come to a meeting at his home noticeably overdressed...
...Army Air Force, where he taught flight instructors how to train pilots. After earning his masters in management from Columbia Business School, Thurston led the effort to incorporate new computing technologies at General Electric. He was one of the first at GE to use the original IBM mainframe computers. “He had considerable work experience before he came to our faculty and because of that, he brought a very useful and practical perspective to his classes,” Berg said. Following his retirement in 1989, Thurston continued to serve as an emeritus professor at HBS as well...
...course, even enlightened head honchos know that being mindful of every little thing they do and say won't be easy, but then again, neither is competing in a tight labor market. Says Robert MacGregor, management-development chief at IBM, which recently partnered with Young to start training its 330,000 workers around the globe: "We want to create an environment that's open and inviting to all employees." And it's not just the words he's using but the earnest tone in his voice that show he means...