Until recently, senior managers believed that all they had to do to promote entrepreneurship at their company was continue with their own search for new business opportunities. Today, the current trend is to share this responsibility with the entire organization, and top executives no longer have the role of "hunters" of new business opportunities. Now they…

Last summer, I was lucky enough to be at the opening game of the new San Francisco 49ers stadium: the Levi's Stadium. The game was an MLS (Major League Soccer) game with the San Jose Earthquakes hosting the Seattle Sounders. The 49ers wanted to christen the stadium with a non-NFL game. It wasn't a sellout but they did fill 50,000 seats out of about…

"Africa is young, Europe is old". That was one of the first conclusions I reached after a few weeks in Lagos.  I wasn't thinking just in terms of the age of the population, more in terms of the spirit and outlook I saw there. Africans are bursting with youth and energy which is why I…