Virginia R. Patrick
Click to enlarge A pdf version of Mom’s portrait may be found here and a handwriting sample can be viewed here.
Book Update: July 2008
So many great books, so little time! I used to say there is no substitute yet for enjoying a hard-cover book. I take it back. Reading on the Kindle is the best. The number of books on Kindle has doubled in the past month to 146,576. I now make it my exclusive source for book […]
The Home Office
I have been experimenting with the design of a home office for decades. Since most of my hobbies (except motorcycling) take place at home and also being a longtime believer in telecommuting, the home office is where I spend the most time. It did not make sense to me to have an expensive living room […]
Students
It was my great privilege yesterday to be a guest lecturer at MIT in Cambridge. My friend Irving Wladawsky-Berger met me at Kendall Square and we walked to Building 4 passing among throngs of students. You could feel the energy of young people in the air — students who are bright, hard working, and on […]
Thinkers 50
Who is the most influential living management thinker? That was the simple question that inspired the original Thinkers 50 in 2001. A lot of hard work and number-crunching later, the answer became the first global ranking of business gurus. So says Stuart Crainer. I first met Stuart ten years or so ago in Europe. He […]
