round up – BLG – Bacharach Leadership Group

It seems everyone is using Twitter. However, Twitter, in cases, can allow users to get access to breaking news and help companies do market research.
I said it in Wednesday’s post: companies can’t just ‘hunker down’ during trying times. They need to invest in their core and, according to this piece in the New Yorker, start spending.
Forbes considers what US cities have the best employment prospects.
Interesting piece on how the recession may ‘shape’ America–and New York.
Foreign Policy Magazine looks at how the world will be shaped by the recession–pointing to Mexico, Russia, and other countries as potential hotbeds for instability.
Predicting crisis isn’t easy. Warnings are most often premature–a lesson leaders should learn quickly.
NY is getting hit hard by the recession but young people are still trying to get in and get work.
Want a job? Think green and go to school.
Washington is becoming a glass town. But does it really signal ‘transparency’?
Obama, like all leaders, has his skeptics.
Can Michael Steele manage the GOP? He is alienating his base and needs to take control.
Africa’s next leader: South Africa’s Zuma may bring Africa together or get caught up in the ‘same-old-same-old’.