This blog has been a three year labor of love, fueled by many bottles of wine during that time. The daily routine was predictable — open a fine bottle of wine, relish the bouquet and settle in to write as I sipped on my first glass. Most days I was … [Read more...]
A Snake Consultant
January 27, 2017 by
I come from an environment where if you see a snake, you kill it. At GM (General Motors), if you see a snake, the first thing you do is hire a snake consultant. Then you get a committee on snakes and discuss it for a couple of years. — Ross Perot … [Read more...]
Beliefs & Facts
January 25, 2017 by
Why is it that belief and magic drive our behavior more than evidence and fact? As a recent TED Talk emphasized, we are entitled to our beliefs and our prejudice — we are not entitled to ignore the facts, or manipulate them. Yet we do this with … [Read more...]
Embrace but Understand
January 23, 2017 by
Guest post by Jasmine Rustogi I recently traveled to Morocco for the final course of my MBA program. Initially, I felt nervous about going abroad, especially with all of the recent alerts on global terrorism. I had never been to a predominantly … [Read more...]
