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Thomas Friedman writes that the technological forces of globalization are making the world flat. Richard Florida's research indicates that the world is actually very spiky - that the benefits of globalization are unevenly distributed globally.
Our friend and InsideWork's South American correspondent, Glenn McMahan, provides some insight into the importance of language in today's global economy.
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David Warsh has given us a non-technical survey of the theories of developmental economics from Adam Smith's great work by a similar name down to the present day.
Dan Wooldridge continues his challenge to the parents, educators and leaders of today to prepare our children for today's world.
Dan Wooldridge explores how the first ones who chronicled the life of Jesus provided a model for communicating in diverse global cultures and emerging generation.
Cal Berkeley's AnnaLee Saxenian has a clear vision of how the global economy is being transformed, and she has revealed it in The New Argonauts (2006, Harvard University Press).
Dan Wooldridge notes that the romanticized and consumerized modern views of Christmas obscure the raw reality of the first Christmas. But in that reality there is true hope.
These two articles from our archives describe Christmas then and now in the context of a flat world, and present the challenges to communicating the message in a flat world.
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Thomas Friedman speaks to a network associated with Claremont McKenna College on the thesis of a flat world. Dan Wooldridge records his impressions of the speech as well as some implications for professional and personal development.
The flat world phenomena are not altogether new. Dan Wooldridge shows how the Roman Empire created a flat world and set the stage the first Christmas.
Dan Wooldridge calls parents, employers, educators, and church leaders to wake up to the rapid global changes happening in today's flat world.
The current economic crisis is one dramatic earthquake that signals fundamental and massive shifts in the world's "tectonic plates." Globalization, technology, and innovation have outpaced systems created in the last century. One of these shifting "plates" is the rise of Asia.
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Like Jason’s mythic quest for the Golden Fleece, the new economic landscape is being conquered less by policy makers, global investors, and multinational corporate behemoths than by legions of modern day Argonauts –
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The message of the Kingdom of God has always traveled the routes of commerce, from the time of Abraham to the early Christians to today. Learn more about how globalization has developed.
The World Baseball Classic is just one more example of the effects of globalization, not only on sports, but also on business. Major sports are truly global, leading the way in new business thinking about the role of international talent.
Increasingly businesses and nations need to develop strong local labor markets as well as legal international labor sources, especially in core industries like manufacturing, agriculture, and construction.
Donald McGilchrist discovers a familiar thread of commerce and faith in the writings of William Carey, circa 1792.
Measuring Up 2006: The National Report Card on Higher Education, a study by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, underscores what a September 2006 New York Times editorial characterized as "ominous trends." No kidding
Public education is predominately controlled at the state and community levels. If businesspeople—who are deeply dependent on the quality of the workforce—don't call for and lead thoroughgoing educational reformation, who will we blame when it turns out our children leave school splendidly prepared for a future that no longer exists?
Judging by a recommendation from Ted Lucas and AnnaLee Saxenian's body of work, I'm moving The New Argonauts to the top of my reading list.
Dan Wooldridge explains that even the tiniest local business is now a global business in today's flat world environment.
Dan Wooldridge writes that the new world of risk demands a shift from prediction and planning as personal and organizational drivers to preparation and adaptation.
Rather than one form of capitalism, most notably the American model, multiple models are developing around the world, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Each needs to be respected and critiqued with a biblical lens.
The dark side of the global economy includes a staggeringly large slave trade. The life of William Wilberforce should not only inspire us but also challenge us to complete the work of abolishing human trafficking.
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Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Global Business Network was founded in 1987 as a unique learning community based on ruthless curiosity, collaboration, and powerful new tools for thinking about and shaping the future.
Dan Wooldridge describes the global slave and human trafficking industry which is bigger than it has ever been in human history.
The Times of London reports Google co-founder Sergey Brin has second thoughts about the price Google paid to be in China.
Suzanne Berger: How We Compete
What Companies Around the World Are Doing to Make it in Today's Global Economy
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Based on a 5 year study of over 500 international companies to discover how they compete, how they plan to grow, which practices are succeeding, which are failing.
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