'I AM ASHAMED TO BE HERE'

Daniel Gulati, 05/20/12

Author, 'Passion & Purpose'

Instead of forging the impression of experience, I'd rather we turn the tables and use our inexperience as an advantage in the organizations we work for and the companies we start. In other words, we need to start playing to our strengths.

Nancy K. Humphreys, 05/20/12

Writer, Brucenomics.com

What's bad about the NBA Pass? The whole point of cable/satellite media was to open up the market for telecommunications broadcasts from outside one's local viewing area. This is exactly what the NBA Pass is curtailing.

Gemma Godfrey, 05/18/12

Head of Investment Strategy, CNBC Contributor, Board Member, Quantum Physicist

As the euro zone crisis intensifies and global markets reflect investor concerns, we ask ourselves, is a Greek exit from the euro on its way? Preparations have already begun to protect shareholder interest.

Rob Asghar, 05/18/12

Communications and Management Consultant

Catch most managers in a moment of honesty, and they'll admit they feel less effective than they'd expected to be. The reason, they'll say, is that they're too busy to do the big things they'd hoped to do.

John Friedman, 05/18/12

Co-founder and vice chair of the board, Sustainable Business Network of Washington (SBNOW)

Corporate leaders are realizing that in going the extra step, and engaging in transparency, openness and disclosure, they reveal the true character of their organization.

David J. Cross, 05/18/12

Former journalist; blogger, Movoto.com

The Facebook IPO will only add to the millionaires competing to buy a small number of homes, and it seems inevitable that prices will be driven up.

David Callahan, 05/18/12

Senior Fellow, Demos

Facebook has transformed how people interact with each other and demonstrated yet again the dominance of American ingenuity. Yet its success also dramatically illustrates problems with the U.S. economy. Six troubling features of the Facebook IPO stand out.

Robert Reich, 05/18/12

Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, 'Beyond Outrage'

Members of the Class of 2012, as a former secretary of labor and current professor, I feel I owe it to you to tell you the truth about the pieces of parchment you're picking up today. You're f*cked.

Robert Creamer, 05/18/12

Political Organizer, Strategist, Author; Partner Democracy Partners

Mitt Romney and Bain helped to create a new rulebook for the American economy -- one that ultimately helped lead to the economic disaster that came to a head in September 2008.

Tom Doctoroff, 05/18/12

CEO, JWT North Asia

China will not implode. Its road to superpower status will be bumpy, even rocky in parts, but the fundamentals of sustained macroeconomic expansion are in place and, for the large part, enduring. Here are 10 popular misconceptions about China.

Jared Bernstein, 05/18/12

Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

We don't know the outcome for Greece and the Eurozone, but it will be ugly. Of course, it's already ugly, and that's worth remembering.

Joan Burge, 05/18/12

Founder and CEO, Office Dynamics International

While every boss would like to think he or she is the best manager in the country, the fact is many try -- but fail.

Taylor Lincoln, 05/18/12

Research director, Public Citizen’s Congress Watch

The JPMorgan episode may be the warning that Congress needs to return to its role of protecting the public rather than coddling the banks. But it also raises a question: How many times does a lesson have to be taught before it is learned?

Dave Johnson, 05/18/12

Fellow, Campaign for America's Future

The Obama administration has imposed stiff tariffs on Chinese solar panels because China was "dumping" to drive American manufacturers out of business. Will conservatives take our country's side?

David Halperin, 05/18/12

Senior Fellow, United Republic / Republic Report

Today, private organizations charge U.S. citizens hundreds of dollars simply to read a copy of standards they issue -- even though citizens are required to obey those standards, because the federal government has incorporated them into regulations.

Jeff Danziger, 05/18/12

Political cartoonist syndicated by the NYTimes worldwide

Sen. Jeff Merkley, 05/18/12

U.S. Senator from Oregon

Let's be clear: There's nothing wrong with high-risk trading, but if the bets go bad, only the people who made the bets should have to pay. This sort of gambling should happen in hedge funds, not in the federally-insured banks that families and small businesses depend on.