Spring time is M & A time?

KPMG report on M & A. How many really generate synergy?
Quoted in The Economist.
http://t.co/95bs9Guj1p

Innovation

Innovation may require willingness to be misunderstood for long periods of time. - Jeff Bezos

http://www.geekwire.com/2011/amazons-bezos-innovation/

With the sustainability Guru - Elkington, Economic Times

CEOs now more conscious about corporate social responsibility - The Economic Times

Worth quoting

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss. - Diane Ravitch

Good old Landmaster

Learning through SSLANT

In a special school in New York, students are asked to follow the SSLANT routine when spoken to. (Quoted by Malcolm Gladwell in 'Outliers')
Smile
Sit up
Listen
Ask questions
Nod (active listening)
Track with your eyes.?

This is a good formula for any one-to-one communication.

A gem from Bernbach

" The  truth isn't truth until people believe you, and they can't believe you if they don't know what you're saying, and they can't know what you're saying if they don't listen to you, and they won't listen to you if you're not interesting, and you won't be interesting unless you say things imaginatively, originally, freshly".

 -William Bernbach (quoted by Luke Sullivan)