Admired Companies

The following are some of my favourite companies and Lovemarks.

• Berkshire Hathaway (for Warren’s investment wisdom, insight, generosity, and biography)
• Saatchi & Saatchi (for Kevin‘s insight in the world of “advertising” and “ideas“)
• IDEO (one of the world most creative and innovative design firm)
• Bruce Mau Design (for Bruce‘s manifesto, his design insights, and as a proud owner/fan of Bruce’s light blue covered design reference book Life Style) [20110609 Update: Fixed the manifesto link *again*, but BMD just keep changing and breaking the link.]
• Virgin Group (for Richard’s entrepreneurial creativeness and generosity)
• Dyson (for James‘ inventiveness, business insight, and the best vacuum cleaner in the world)
• Four Seasons Hotels (one of the best managed hotel chains)
• HSBC (The World’s Local Bank)

Removed from the “Admired Companies” list,

• Apple Computer (removed from list on July 19, 2010: for more see “Apple iPhone 4 PR message – How Steve Jobs turned a finger spot into a death grip“)
• Lexus (for its “Pursuit of Excellence”) – (removed from list on April 14, 2010: Sample news – “CBC News – Toyota halts sales of Lexus SUV – Rollover hazard attributed to deficient stability control” and “BBC – Toyota suspends sales of Lexus GX 460 worldwide“) (previously – negative outlook, possible next action: elimination from list) (Sample news references: CNN: “Toyota: Saved $100 million dodging recall”, BBC: “Toyota admits it took ‘too long’ on safety recalls”) [Feb 24, 2011 Update: "Toyota recalls 2.1 million more [Lexus and Toyota] vehicles to fix gas-pedals jam issues“]