Leadership

Our Societies Create Too Many Losers — And Almost No Winners — The massacre in Buffalo. A kid, a young man, a self-described fascist stormed into a market — and shot ten people dead. More injured. It’s a tiny, horrific example of a disturbing trend. Fascism is seducing the world. This example, as awful as it is, is also illuminating. Why is…

How hockey stick growth expectations get in the way of goals — It’s a phenomenon that happens to a lot of startup founders and leaders. It definitely happened to an entrepreneur I’ll call “Jeff,” who reached out to me a couple weeks ago. Jeff is a repeat founder, now in the early stages helming his second startup, after exiting his first through…

A better way to look at history and another view to one of the biggest missteps of all time — Neville Chamberlain is that one person from history none of us want to be. Or at least it appears that way. His name in contemporary politics can be tossed about as an insult stressing weakness or shortsightedness. Furthermore, in history classes he’s generally pointed out as naïve — the highly…

“Better to know a few things that are good…” — Is it possible to know too much? According to Leo Tolstoy (regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time), “It is better to know a few good and necessary things than many useless and mediocre things.” Basic knowledge is necessary to be a human being; until a person…

Why the Future Keeps Turning Out to Be the Past Repeating Itself — Around this time of year, I reflect. On what I’ve been thinking and writing and speaking about. And this year, I find myself in a strange position. My writing, these days, is often called apocalyptic. It’s not meant kindly. You know what it really means — the subtext. Alarmist! Fainting…

Glossophobia haunts many of us — I had the great pleasure of attending my high school seniors' MUN banquet last night. MUN stands for Model United Nations. MUN is an academic simulation of the United Nations where students debate and discuss issues pertaining to different countries. My daughter participated in this program for all of her…