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Given these dynamics, wouldn't this be the absolute worst time for a company to enter a business that combines two ailing industries: namely, the golf shoe business? Not so, says GEOX, the fast-growing Italian shoe company whose breathable, casual footwear have developed a loyal following around the globe. On Wednesday April 1st, GEOX announced that it's entering the golf game; the company is launching its first line of shoes for the weekend duffers. GEOX is betting that its "NET System Technology," which utilizes an actual net inside the shoe's sole to help keep a golfer...
Want to get the most out of your next brainstorming session at work? Bring in an oddball. If you can't find an oddball, try a naysayer or even a mere stranger - anyone who can keep things vaguely uncomfortable. If that sounds like a prescription for one of the worst meetings you've ever had, suck it up and go anyway. It might also be one of the most productive...
Business experts and social scientists have long warned about the perils of any group of co-workers getting too comfortable with one another. A team of like-minded people sharing like-minded opinions behind a closed door - the dreaded groupthink - has produced some of history's worst ideas. (See Bay of Pigs, bundled mortgages, "Mission Accomplished," New Coke.) Better to bring in at least one new face or dissenting voice to shake things up and challenge a few assumptions. But how much shaking does it take? As it turns out, not much. According to a new study published...
...chief Rick Wagoner over the weekend. Bloom, for his part, has taken day-to-day leadership in talks between Chrysler and Italian automaker Fiat. His union bona fides have made him the point man with the United Auto Workers union and its chief, Ron Gettelfinger. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...situation is not critical - that clients have fallen off only 15% or 20%." At the same time, Shumsky acknowledges that about 10 designers have pulled out of the fashion show this year because of a huge deficit in corporate sponsorships. "The smaller designers are feeling it the worst. It's logical, because their production level is much less, so they can't benefit from economies of scale," says Troika Dialog's Grankina. (See pictures of the Russian Czars' fashions...