For many the hardest thing to do - is nothing. Nothing, not a thing. For many it seems like you're shirking your responsibility if the action you take is no action. As Warren Buffett says, "the trick is, when there's nothing to do, do nothing." He is one of the...

I spent the beginning of the year in Africa: Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana. I was there to co-lead a team advising the CEO of a very large public/private partnership agricultural program. We never stopped moving for 11 days during which we visited a collection of government ministers in Senegal...

James Martin is an interesting fellow. He grew up in Plymouth Meeting Pennsylvania, a short drive from Birchrunville where I live. Another connection to me is that he started out with a business degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (I hold a Wharton MBA) and...

Year end led to quite a few commentators, pundits, and random other people taking a look at how poorly others...never themselves it seems...were in their predictions for year end business matters. How far off were they about the price of oil, the ending stock index values, the value of...

As we end one year and enter the next...take a deep breath. Relax, reflect, and rejuvenate. Take a clarity break, enjoy the holidays, contemplate the year to come. Start 2015 with a clear vision, the resolve to accomplish it, and the clarity and strength to communicate it clearly and follow...

The world oil price is crashing. Supply has increased dramatically at the same time as people have learned to use less. For many consumers of oil in any of its forms this has been a nice windfall as the year ends. For others, including those countries and companies dependent...

The last Benari missive, Global Vision, was just what it sounds like, some thoughts on focusing globally and on Yohei Sasakawa who has done so and thus improved the world. Today I find myself thinking about the impact of focusing locally and how important it is to not forget...

Oddly, after writing the last missive about my stress from the technology upgrades and migrations that are going on in my life, Old Brain...New Tricks, I encountered an even more stressful situation on my trip to Tokyo a few days ago. So as to not bore those of you...