Jul 23 2007 12:00AM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) |
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I just read an article from 2002 entitled, “Making A Merger Work – AOL Time Warner, the largest merger in history, may succeed because of HR Leadership.”

Oh dear.

We all know, of course, what happened. Granted, the backside fell out of the dotcom boom not long after the merger, but it can’t be argued that AOL had gotten way too big for its online boots. For their part, Time Warner was so blinded by its desperation to get into bed with a digital powerhouse that executives didn’t realize AOL was actually a glass house sitting on the base of an active volcano.

Ooops.

I’m sure that everyone involved would cry that they could never have known the troubles ahead, that they did all their due diligence, that so much of what happened was outside their control, and, to give credit where it’s due, I am sure that is ...Read More

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Jul 9 2007 12:00AM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) |
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The Business Strategy article, “6 tactics to employ when importing talent,” offers some great advice for those extending their talent search overseas. Those of you who have been fortunate enough to recruit, select and “import” the best and brightest from all over the world might think the toughest part is over - but I fear you may be wrong. Recently, several colleagues, clients and friends who manage foreign workers have shared some humorous and some horrific stories with me. I decided it was time to write about their unexpected experiences.

 

It seems that, upon turning up to work, otherwise intelligent, accomplished professionals morphed into helpless nursery school children. What happened to their common sense and general know-how? Was it left back home? Or we...Read More

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Jun 25 2007 4:57PM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) |
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Thompson on Hollywood currently lives at this address, which you should save for future use: http://weblogs.variety.com/thompsononhollywood/

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Jun 25 2007 1:47PM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) |
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Pixar's Ed Catmull and John Lasseter have won their battle with Disney over made for DVD animated sequels. Having seen Brad Bird's extraordinary Ratatouille over the weekend, it makes sense that Disney would ...Read More

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Jun 25 2007 1:40PM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) |
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So far, Rescue Dawn is on my top ten list for this year. Filmmaker Werner Herzog, who is always a smart and entertaining interview--see Patrick Goldstein's delightful Sunday LAT profile--adapted his own 1997 documentary Little Die...Read More

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