Lawrence Hecht – Page 35 – Transforming Information Into Knowledge

February 2, 2004November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Is Cheating OK?

George Washington admitted to chopping down a cherry tree. Retold for over 200 years, this story demonstrates that cheating is wrong even if you won’t get caught. David Callahan launched his new book, The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead, […]

January 22, 2004November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Changes in Equity Research

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s Global Settlement and former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt’s Regulation Fair Disclosure have changed the way Wall Street research is performed. A panel sponsored by the New York Society of Security Analysts reviewed these changes and who is poised to […]

January 22, 2004November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Defining Terms and Organizing Business Information

Google’s upcoming IPO of several billion dollars illustrates the importance of information search and retrieval. Today’s event, Using Taxonomies to Organize Enterprise Information, demonstrated the limitations of automated methods like Google and the continued significance of real people for the management of information. In fact, […]

January 15, 2004November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Beyond Light and Air: Zoning as a Tool of Social and Economic Reform

Bloomberg official and an advocate strongly disagreed about the using zoning to create manufacturing jobs in New York City. Speaking at an Association of the Bar of New York City event, Adam Friedman, Executive Director of the New York Industrial Retention Network explained how real […]

December 11, 2003November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Economic Costs of America Unilateralism

New York Times economics columnist Jeff Madrick argued that American foreign policy hurts the domestic economy. In his role as the New School’s president, former U.S. Senator Bob Kerry was the master of ceremonies for this lecture, which is the first of a series of […]

December 4, 2003November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals Monthly Meeting

Ben Gilad, Ph.D., President of the Academy of Competitive Intelligence, gave a presentation about why executives do not use competitive intelligence. Psychological bias causes many executives to overlook facts and logic. Faulty thinking arises when a personal quality dominates a person’s other forms of cognition. […]

November 21, 2003November 14, 2019Event on TV or webcast

US, France and the Crisis Over Iraq

A roundtable discussion moderated by Charlie Rose. Participants included Pascal Bruckner, essayist; Christopher Caldwell, The Weekly Standard, Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; Gerard Grunberg, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; Jim Hoagland, The Washington Post; Tony Judt, NYU; Sylvia Kauffmann, Le Monde; Denis Lacorne, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; […]

November 7, 2003November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Crain’s New York Business Breakfast: Meet Amanda Burden, Chair of the City Planning Commission of the City of New York.

Amanda Burden gave a speech and was questioned by Crain’s journalists Greg David and Stephan Friedman. Ms. Burden gave the goal of saving manufacturing lip service, but wasn’t too excited about the garment district. Interestingly, she said they were developing an industrial policy to support […]