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The month starts here: some things that you need to know--and a few you probably don't.


QUOTE

With reference to succession planning Management Succession Planning
In organizational development, succession planning is the process of identifying and preparing suitable employees through mentoring, training and job rotation, to replace key players — such as the chief executive officer (CEO) —
 Jukka says,

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"Without any distinct planning you're almost guaranteed a catastrophic end."

Jukka Ovaska, new owner of Nordic Energy Systems

MY FAVOURITE THINGS

NAME, BILL KIPKIE

Title Vice-president of Inco Ltd.

General Manager of Inco special projects

How much sleep do you get in a given night?

About seven hours.

What are some of your hobbies?

Golf, skiing, photography, construction and maintenance projects at our camp in Kenora.

What book would you say is worth reading twice?

"Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" by Jared Diamond Jared Mason Diamond (b. 10 September, 1937-) is an American evolutionary biologist, physiologist, biogeographer and nonfiction author. Diamond works as a professor of geography and physiology at UCLA. .

What food do you consider to be a guilty pleasure?

Just about any kind of dessert.

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What words from a respected figure have resounded with you?

I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed)

"Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party.
 who originally said it, but the Golden Rule, "Do unto others "Unto Others" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by William F. Zorzi from a story by Ed Burns & William F. Zorzi and was directed by Anthony Hemingway. It originally aired on October 29, 2006.  as you would have them do unto you," seems to me to be the basis on which we all should live our lives. If people actually followed this, the world would be a lot better off!

What was the last music CD that you purchased?

Bob Dylan's "Modern Times".

What talent would you like to have?

Scratch golfer.

READ THIS

The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don't

Author Ken Fisher Ken Fisher can refer to:
  • Kenneth L. Fisher, money manager, author, and Forbes columnist.
  • Ruben Bolling, pseudonym for Ken Fisher, a cartoonist.
  • Ken "Caesar" Fisher, Technologist, moderator of Ars Technica.
, Jennifer Chou and Lara Hoffmans

As a long-time Forbes columnist and founder, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of a global money management firm with over $30 billion in assets, Ken Fisher breaks investing down into basic questions to help debunk de·bunk  
tr.v. de·bunked, de·bunk·ing, de·bunks
To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of: debunk a supposed miracle drug.
 market myths and challenge conventional wisdom. Instead of offering concrete answers or a to-do list, Fisher presents the idea of investing in a scientific query where individual knowledge can be much more valuable than professional forecasting.

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SURF HERE

www.tsx.com

Investors and issuers have discoverd a low-cost liquid trading venue for a range of innovative products. It is the single largest source in the world of equity financingfor mining issuers and the second largest for technology companies.
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