Some people never fail. They’re the ones with no aspirations, no will to excel, no guts. Hopefully, everyone reading this fails. Repeatedly. Still, we’re all tempted to put failure behind us and forget it ever happened. To get that bitter taste out of our mouths before it does any real[…] Read On
I have to warn you: What you’re about to read is disturbing. It’s confusing and unsettling. Some may find it terrifying. I have to admit, I don’t quite understand it myself. And it doesn’t end well. Actually, it doesn’t end at all. If that’s not the kind of story you[…] Read On
#DeleteUber. That’s what got Uber CEO Travis Kalanick to abandon his principles and reverse a noble pledge to stand up for what’s right. Instead, Kalanick allowed himself to be bullied into stepping down from President Donald Trump’s economic advisory council. 3/ I’m going to use my position on Pres economic council[…] Read On
In his first book, “Real Leaders Don’t Follow,” Silicon Valley management consultant and former senior executive Steve Tobak explains why, in an increasingly digital world, it’s more important than ever to be human. In a very real sense, we are becoming virtual images of our real-world selves. That would be[…] Read On
As thousands descend on Davos for the World Economic Forum or what Bloomberg calls “the world’s most expensive intellectual feedback loop,” the one thing on the minds of the world’s business and political elite is how the hell none of them saw the Trump-slash-Brexit nationalist backlash coming until it was[…] Read On
As a kid, I whined about everything. Drove my parents nuts. My dad used to call me a chronic complainer. That was his tough love way of saying that whining wasn’t going to cut it in the adult world where everyone has their own problems and nobody’s going to give a crap about[…] Read On
As a kid way back in the dark ages I was fascinated by the massive scale of the city I grew up in, New York. All those buildings, parks, stadiums, malls, sidewalks, roads, and highways had to be envisioned and built by unique individuals who could really see the big[…] Read On