September 2010

Crucial Confrontations Book Review

by Nima on 16 September, 2010

I just finished listening to Crucial Confrontations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler. It was a great book and definitely on my re-listen list. Book talks about how to battle tough conversations. In many ways its the same concepts that “How to win friends and influence people” book talks about. For [...]

New (Good) Banking Regulation

by Nima on 13 September, 2010

I was reading banking news today and came across this one on BBC. One of the few good regulations coming out of this recession (IMO). The new rules state that the amount of common equity – the best capital for absorbing losses – that banks have to hold will rise from 2% of their loans [...]