Innovations are countless and all around us. Just look at the evolution of the motor industry for instance. In less than twenty years we have gone from owning a car to different ways of just sharing the asset at our convenience. There is Zipcar, driveMyCar, relayrides, Go get, and many more. Look at health industry…

You might wonder how trash and hope relate to each other. Last Saturday I watched the thriller “Trash: Thieves of Hope.” It was filmed in one of Rio’s favelas. It’s a harsh movie that confronts you with the reality of children who survive by picking up items with some residual value from humongous mounds of…

Politeness is an unusual topic to find in management and political literature. This is why Edward Luce’s article in the Financial Times two years ago (May 6, 2013) was so striking. Luce reminded us of Ronald Reagan’s famous 11th Commandment: “Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican.”  Luce lamented the changing times in…

Syria takes center stage as the world's current flashpoint as negotiations over its future start and both the U.S. and Russia commit their military to the 4 and a half year old conflict.