Monthly Archives: February 2011
Resist the bias to act
Some days ago I tweeted about the swings of Mr. Market lately. The consideration of the stock market as Mr. Market is a metaphor that we owe it to Benjamin Graham. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I … Continue reading
Filed under Investing
Wrong forecasts
Close to midnight of past Thursday we learnt that the winner of the KC-X competition to provide the aerial refuelling aircraft to the US Air Force was Boeing. That was cold news for our company. I had just tweeted the … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence
Model of an airport
When I was in primary school I used to have a friend who had an impressive train model layout at home. Soon after, my parents gave me some very nice models that I still keep, though I do not play … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence
A380, a game-changer
Probably you remember having seen in some magazines ads paid by airlines showing their luxury A380 cabins. Singapore Airlines was the first one in launching this kind of branding campaigns. According to the definition by the Business Dictionary: “Branding aims … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence, Marketing
Salesmanship at Airbus
Yesterday I saw John Leahy, Airbus sales chief, in the corridors of the company for the first time since I arrived to Toulouse. At night, I found via Twitter this special report about him by Reuters. The report is a … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence, Books
Start blogging
Today it’s been a year since I started this blog. I wrote the first post on February 9th 2010, and went live a few days later. I had been musing the idea of starting it for some months plus some … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Personal development & HR, Toastmasters, Twitter & Media
Impact of Airbus in Toulouse employment
Some days ago, I attended for the first time a meeting of Rosemasters club in Toulouse. We were about 20 people attending. During the introduction round we discovered that there were 5 Airbus employees among us, which was 25% of … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence, Economy, France
Women in aerospace
I recently read an article titled “Why don’t women run airlines?” I found the question interesting, because I have had some conversations about the number of women and especially in management positions within my company. Surely there are a lot … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence
