Tuesday, April 28, 2020

"When Someone Tells You Who They Are, Believe Them"

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People often talk about certain groups of immigrants that have come to America and wonder why some groups are so successful. One of the re...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

Our Evolution Is A Graveyard of Ancient Viruses.

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Perhaps at no single moment in modern time have we been more self-aware about the human body and human anatomy. I suspect that all of you ha...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

When We Come Back, Every Business Could Be A Startup: Here Are Some Rules

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When we do come back from the current crisis, in some ways every business will be a startup. Sadly, some business will not make it through....
Friday, March 27, 2020

A Look At What Real Leadership Skills Might Look Like

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If you go into any bookstore and go to the section with business books, you will find enough books on leadership to fill its own library. ...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

Can Journalism Be Saved: A Conversation with Nicholas Lemann

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One of the seemingly consistent things about creative destruction, particularly as a result of technology, is that we have a short memory fo...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

David Plouffe on Beating Donald Trump

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Even if you are not a political junkie, even if you only pay attention occasionally, the one thing you should have learned is that campaign...
Monday, March 9, 2020

A Bank Behind Every Crime: Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction

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Usually attributed to Balzac is the observation that behind every great fortune is a great crime. In this day and age, It might be paraphras...
Tuesday, March 3, 2020

When Will The Boomers Leave the Stage?

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We are living through what is perhaps the last hurrah of boomer leaders. It’s hard to believe that it was only 28 years ago that we elected...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Hong Kong on the Brink

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Trade Wars, intellectual property, public health, the global economy and democracy vs. authoritarianism. All are major parts of our public d...
Monday, February 24, 2020

You Say You Want A Revolution

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We look at our political and cultural divide today and think that it can’t get much worse. What we forget is that it has been worse. Not j...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Nicholas Kristoff & Sheryl WuDunn: Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

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Back in 1962, sociologist and political activist Michael Harrington published a book entitled The Other America.  In it, he argued that a fu...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Can We Distance Ourselves From the Sins of Our Parents? A Conversation with the Daughter of George Wallace

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It’s hard to make the point in our 24/7 information-saturated culture, but all of us, politicians included, are a lot more than the worst or...
Friday, January 31, 2020

How Can We Avoid A New Generation of Brett Kavanaughs and Harvey Weinsteins

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When an event truly captivates the nation, it’s usually because it touches on something that we’re not very good at talking about. Such was ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Australia's Climate Apocalypse: Up Close and Personal

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By now, we’ve all seen the pictures and footage of Australia-on-fire. In many ways it’s equivalent to those Rover pictures of Mars. They mak...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Silicon Valley and the Quest for Immortality

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The not so subtle joke has always been that the two things that are inevitable are death and taxes. And while efforts are always front and c...
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Saving America From Trump, and Democrats From Themselves

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Last Sunday the venerable NY Times got it all wrong. They said, and I’m quoting, “On the Democratic side, an essential debate is underway b...
Monday, January 20, 2020

It's Ok To Compromise and Maybe Even to Sellout Sometimes

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In our current political and social climate, when polarization is so extreme, when purity tests are often required by your tribe, the idea o...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Human Nature Always Finds A Way

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Most of you know the story of the scorpion and the frog and what it tells us about human nature. It’s no surprise than that our everyday e...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Can the Generational Divide Lead Us Out Of Division?

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We see endlessly how we are siloed with respect to politics, race, and geography. Add to this the generational silos that we all seem to liv...
Sunday, January 5, 2020

Do You Need Further Reminders that This Is Not Your Father's Workplace

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The Harvey Weinstein trial, which begins this week, while perhaps extreme in its nature, reminds us of the realities of today’s work place. ...