Last year’s business roundtable between President Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and nine top female executives was arranged by Ivanka Trump. The first daughter has emerged as a champion for women business leaders. The question is, will it help? Despite extraordinary efforts by corporate America to improve gender diversity in[…] Read On
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Calling BS on the Leadership Business
It wasn’t that long ago that you rarely heard words like “entrepreneurship” and “leadership” in business conversation. People just started businesses and ran companies. That’s what they did, so that’s what they identified with. Their jobs. Their work. Their companies. Not labels. To my knowledge, that hasn’t changed. But somehow,[…] Read On
Living One-Handed – It’s Way Harder Than You’d Think
Having now spent an entire week with my left hand in a cocoon I can tell you exactly why we evolved with opposing hands. No matter how smart you are, when you’ve only got one hand, it is virtually impossible to do all sorts of basic things that even a[…] Read On
In Defense of the Mainstream Media
Everyone dumps on the mainstream media left right and center these days. The question is, is it really as bad as all that and if so what’s the alternative? Last I checked — and I do know a fair amount about this subject having worked in the media business for[…] Read On
Why ‘Content Is King’ Is a Myth
He wasn’t the first to say “Content is King,” but in a remarkably prophetic piece written in 1996, Bill Gates accurately foresaw the online content boom years before Google, WordPress, Facebook and YouTube even existed. And more than a decade before the smartphone revolution began. Gates’ essay may also have[…] Read On
Why Millennials Should Rethink Corporate America
I’ve got a story for you. Let me know if you’ve heard it before. There once was a time when employees had a guaranteed job for life. Then markets became competitive and corporations started downsizing and outsourcing. Realizing they were expendable, employees lost their trust in companies. The love was[…] Read On
The Human Body Should Come With a Pain On-Off Switch
The human body is so not perfect, especially not mine. It all started with my first knee surgery back in ‘97. Everything went to hell after that. Maybe I’m getting old. Maybe it’s just me. Maybe I’m just a klutz. Probably all of the above. Had surgery on my left hand[…] Read On