5 Strategies To Build Unshakable Self-Confidence
Remember Remy? The little rat turned gourmet cook from the movie Ratatouille? Despite his circumstances, Remy didn’t let anything stop him from following his seemingly impossible dream of becoming a great chef. Wouldn’t it be amazing to have the kind of self-confidence embodied in that little character? The good news is that self-confidence can be developed […]
Why And How Volvo Embraces Agile At Scale
As cars steadily become “computers on wheels”, Agile management is spreading from software development to the whole firm. Last year, I wrote about Toyota here. Earlier this month, I interviewed Anna Sandberg, who is Head of Continuous Improvement & Change at Product Creation, Volvo Cars in Gotherburg, Sweden. Volvo Cars has around 40,000 employees and produces […]
Grammy Award Winners 2020: Full List
The sixty-second annual Grammy Awards have just kicked off in Los Angeles, and over the next eight hours, the Recording Academy will hand out trophies for the best songs, albums, performances and artists in over 80 different categories. The majority of those are awarded during what is called the Premiere Ceremony, which is not televised. […]
Billie Eilish Dominates Grammys, Music World Mourns Kobe
Lizzo — one of her main competitors, who won three awards — kicked off the glitzy gala at the Staples Center by dedicating it to Bryant, in the very arena where the NBA icon made history with the Los Angeles Lakers. AFP / FREDERIC J. BROWNLizzo poses in the Grammys press room with her […]
Kobe Bryant Killed In Helicopter Crash At 41
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. Mr. Bryant, a five-time NBA champion and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was 41. The smooth shooting guard, who patterned his game after Michael Jordan, entered the NBA straight out of […]
Ilicic Just ‘Shooting At Goal’ For Wonder Strike
Atalanta striker Josip Ilicic said he was just “shooting at goal” as he capped another Serie A hat-trick with a stunning goal from the halfway line in a 7-0 thrashing of Torino on Saturday. The Slovenian has scored a hat-trick in each of the last three Serie A campaigns, including two last season, for the […]
Federer Roars Into Record 15th Open Quarter-Final
Roger Federer flicked a switch after losing the opening set to crush Marton Fucsovics and book a record 15th Australian Open quarter-final on Sunday, with unheralded American Tennys Sandgren his next hurdle. The Swiss master took time to work out the Hungarian but when he did it was one-way traffic, romping to a 4-6, 6-1, […]
Yule Wins Kitzbuehel Slalom, Noel Third
Daniel Yule held his nerve Sunday to register Switzerland’s first World Cup slalom win in Kitzbuehel since 1968, scuppering French rival Clement Noel’s hopes of defending his title. Yule was in second place after the first leg and went on to produce a consistent second leg to ensure a combined winning total of 1min 41.50sec […]
Face Time Bourbon Storms Prix d’Amerique Centenary
Face Time Bourbon won Sunday’s centenary edition of the Prix d’Amerique, the harness trotting championship staged at the Vincennes track in Paris, first run in 1920 in tribute to American soldiers who fought in World War I. With Swede Bjorn Goop driving, the well-fancied five-year-old was a third win in the 900,000 euro ($1 million) […]
Liverpool Held At Shrewsbury As Man Utd, Man City Cruise
Liverpool let a 2-0 lead slip as League One Shrewsbury earned a FA Cup fourth round replay at Anfield thanks to a 2-2 draw, whilst Manchester United and Manchester City cruised into the fifth round on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp showed his focus is very much on a first Premier League title for 30 years as […]
Key Vote In Italy As Salvini Seeks To Topple Government
Italians vote Sunday in a key regional election which the far-right hopes will shake the country’s fragile coalition government to its core and return strongman Matteo Salvini to power. The wealthy centre-north region of Emilia Romagna has been a stronghold of the Italian left for over 70 years, but while left-wing values still hold sway […]
Residents Fear Aftershocks More After Turkey Quake
A dozen people bundled up in colourful blankets crouched around a makeshift fire in eastern Turkey. It is an icy night in Elazig and Esra Kasapoglu shivers but she says “it’s out of the question to return home.” Several residents in Elazig, the province that was struck by a powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake Friday evening, […]