Lessons from Havana

When a generation of citizens are isolated because of a closed society, their concept of reality is shaped through propaganda. When a country is governed by the government, for the government, the people suffer.   The irony? In most … [Read more...]

Lessons from Havana

Socialism as a political ideology may work. Socialism as an economic system is doomed to fail. … [Read more...]

Lessons from Havana

Those that don't learn from the mistakes of history never learn. — Santayana … [Read more...]

From the Archives — March 2015

The following post is from the blog archives from a year ago (originally published on March 30, 2015 http://www.5oclockreflections.com/power-with-not-power-over/). Effective, inspired, leadership is about joining forces with the troops to … [Read more...]