Sage advice from a friend and young colleague showing wisdom beyond her years. “Remember to take time for yourself too — you can’t pour from an empty cup!” I plead guilty to not having taken care of myself these past few weeks. As I brace to … [Read more...]
Mansour
July 3, 2019 by
He arrived in America in the late 70’s as a refugee from Eritrea, a small country in the Horn of Africa. I plead ignorance — I did not know this country existed. Did you? A civil engineer by trade, we spoke for an hour as we battled the DC … [Read more...]
Fail Slowly
June 25, 2019 by
I often tell my students that it’s a lot easier to grow, than it is to manage growth. Business graveyards are littered with the corporate corpses of what used to be good ideas and poorlyexecuted plans. I recently heard that innovation and strategy is … [Read more...]
Class!
June 4, 2019 by
There are those who have it, those who desperately seek it, and those who will never acquire it, irrespective of how much money they may have. That’s the beauty of class. Money can’t buy it, and those that try too hard, stick out as … [Read more...]
