Mr. Massino's testimony also highlighted his underworld executive acumen in addition to his lifetime of crime, much of it in service of the Bonanno family, with which he said he had been affiliated for 33 or 34 years.
That naivety reflects the loss of executive acumen incurred in an 18-year spell in opposition; the rise of professional politicians, which has left a dearth, in all parties, of leaders who have actually run things; and, perhaps, a residual, inflated left-wing faith in the easy power of the state.It was only in 2003, says Julian Le Grand of the LSE, that Mr Blair had his epiphany.
In June, Jacqueline Novogratz, an author and chief executive of Acumen Fund, which invests in businesses aiding the world's poor, publicly endorsed Wedu and became its global ambassador.
"The sale of pedometers has skyrocketed in the last year or so," said Barbara Bogard, an account executive with Acumen, a company in Sterling, Va., that makes heart monitors and also manufactures a pedometer.
Sasha is an executive at Acumen Fund, the well-known social investment firms founded by Jacqueline Novogratz that attempts to alleviate poverty through enterprise in countries across the planet.
Aides to Mr. Paterson also praised Mr. Kessel as a smart and tenacious executive with political acumen.
This interview with Jacqueline Novogratz, chief executive of the Acumen Fund, which invests in businesses aiding the world's poor, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant.
But Mr Bush's first nomination Carlos Gutierrez, the chairman of Kellogg, for commerce secretary suggests the president is looking to the cornflakes executive for business acumen, rather than a detailed command of policy.
She attributes this to the foundation that she laid, though she and others give credit to her successor, Mark Hurd, an executive whose financial acumen is said to be formidable.
In the end, Mr. Corzine fell short of what he had set out to accomplish, deeply disappointing many New Jerseyans who embraced the promise of a Wall Street executive whose business acumen would fix a mismanaged state and bring relief to taxpayers.
"Being a technology executive also requires leadership acumen, technology know-how, and sales.
