“Words are a lawyer’s tools of trade”, observed one wise old owl. But we must be careful because many court cases, business presentations, sermons or lectures have been ruined by an excessive use of words. Wind bags in the court room, board rooms, pulpits, or class rooms are such a turn off. Brevity is the…

In addition to government and civil society, business needs to increase its ability to respond to the threat of terrorist attacks against its employees, customers and suppliers and increase its resilience

This week I’m attending the meeting of the Academy of Management. After this, I’ll take a break. In the meanwhile, I leave you with this 10’ video clip: “Africa: A roadmap to opportunities.” You may want also to catch up with missed posts. “Talk” to you again in September!

Rather than learning to live with terrorism, or blaming a religious or ethnic group, the root causes of such attacks, such as easy access to powerful weapons in the U.S. and the disillusionment of a segment of European society can be addressed.