Thursday, December 8, 2005

A potential game changer NEC develops razor-thin battery. Engineers at NEC have developed a flexible battery that is less than a millimeter thick and can be charged in half a minute, the company said. The battery was been designed for use in applications such as active RFID cards. [Computerworld News] 9:20:26 AM    comment []

Leadership 501 To me the most telling comment in the story is this note about leadership: Mr. Buckley's selection "is part of a larger shift, away from a simplistic view of leadership that could be transferred rather than developed." Amen. Studies I've seen indicate that the star CEOs with the huge egos to match seldom leave behind a company poised for long term growth and success. 3M Finds Chief Without Reaching for a Star. Five years ago, 3M selected a star manager in W. James McNerney Jr., a General Electric division head who had been hailed as a leading candidate to succeed John F. Welch Jr. at the helm of G.E. By ERIC DASH. [NYT > Business] 9:00:21 AM    comment []