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Here are five choice articles from the business press to start off your workweek. I'm pointing you to articles about statistics on today's family, faking credentials, free trade in decline, teaming up with suppliers, and the potential for skyrocketing water prices.

Last week's newsletter was "The Princess, Cooking, Innovation, and Mastery." As usual there were pointers to Web and Reading Resources, too.

From Reuters: Dad's changing role recognized on Father's Day
"Father's Day conjures up images of the head of a traditional two-parent family being showered with golf clubs and power tools before being taken out for brunch by his adoring family. Identikit fathers are married to their children's mother, and are the main breadwinners. They are at work most of the time and have fewer domestic responsibilities than their wives. But not all families fit the image."

Wally's Comment: Today is Father's Day but it's not your father's Father's Day. Read this article for a profile of today's fathers and families. Think about what it all means for you and your business.

From Forbes: Overachievement without Achievement
"But faking isn't just a skill reserved for fictional characters. It may be more common than expected. In fact, 53% of people lie on their résumé in some way, according to research from the Society for Human Resource Managers. Some college students are encouraged to embellish items on their résumés. "They are taught to use the highest-level verb," says Nancy Davis, a psychology professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. For instance, an intern who ran copies of an instruction manual might say he "created" the manual on his résumé, Davis says."

Wally's Comment: Faking credentials is endemic. Part of the problem is career advisors who think that a little lying is OK. Don't bet on it.

From Bloomberg: Free-Trade Era May Be Nearing End amid Food, Growth Concerns
"After six decades of ever-expanding international commerce, the high tide of free trade is ebbing."

Wally's Comment: There are people, mostly politicians, who think they can capture the free trade genie and stuff it back in the bottle. Or maybe they just want a little more TV time.

From Entrepreneur: Dream Teams
"Today's companies are teaming up with key suppliers to solve problems that neither party can solve by itself. Technology is making it easier for companies to collaborate, while competitive pressures are making speed to market essential. Time-strapped companies are working with suppliers to create new products, services, processes and strategies as a way to get a leg up in a fast-moving marketplace."

Wally's Comment: Collaboration is a good thing most of the time. Collaboration with suppliers can be a powerful thing. But every coin has two sides.

From Business Week: There Will Be Water
"If water is the new oil, T. Boone Pickens is a modern-day John D. Rockefeller. Pickens owns more water than any other individual in the U.S. and is looking to control even more. He hopes to sell the water he already has, some 65 billion gallons a year, to Dallas, transporting it over 250 miles, 11 counties, and about 650 tracts of private property. The electricity generated by an enormous wind farm he is setting up in the Panhandle would also flow along that corridor. As far as Pickens is concerned, he could be selling wind, water, natural gas, or uranium; it's all a matter of supply and demand."

Wally's Comment: If you think that soaring gas prices make you uncomfortable and affect your life in many ways, imagine soaring water prices. Then read this article.

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