Brad Rourke

Category: business

  • Journalism — How Expensive Must It Be?

    There is a lot of angst within the journalism (and journalism-curious) community lately, as there have been a controversial suggestion that the best way to reinvent journalism would be to make it a nonprofit, charitable endeavor. One organization, the Voice of San Diego, gives a glimpse of what hard-hitting journalism can look like under a…

  • Electric Bicycles: Their Time Never Came

    Some of my friends know that, hidden in my dim, dark past, I used to do something involving electric bicycles. I’m here to tell you that, yes, it’s true and it was a colorful period of my life. While I was working for then-California Controller Gray Davis, I met up with a charismatic man who…

  • Car Execs Came To Town, Riding On A Pony

    I grew up in Detroit when times were tough and it wasn’t pretty. But looking at how the heads of the Big Three are responding to the crisis that faces them makes me think that there may be too many auto companies in my hometown. While the new reorganization plans the Big Three unveiled yesterday…

  • Taxonomy of Project Managers

    Like many of my friends, I am a “consultant,” which means I work on “projects” for “clients.” Those clients are typically organizations. My point of contact is usually a “project manager.” I’ve encountered six kinds: Dishrags — Totally passive. See their role as “passing on feedback.” Can’t take a stand and don’t control process. Random…