I just returned from a brief trip to Chile. During my visit I met with the CEOs of a number of companies ranging in size from a few billion dollars with international reach to market leaders in Chile with little business across borders. In each case I was there to discuss projects...

Have a minute? Of course you don't. None of us do. We've become obsessed with knowing more, doing more, having more. The internet, smart phones, 24 hour everything, and the ability to know exactly what is happening in the smallest village in the most remote place have all conspired...

The July 12 issue of The Economist includes an article with an interesting perspective on the rampant corruption and venal behavior practiced by so many who get into positions of political power. In "Because we're worth it" they speculate on the reasons leaders can present themselves as representing moralistic causes and ethical leadership while simultaneously...

Work takes me to Africa quite a bit. Mostly I spent my time in places that aren't on the tourist trail: Uganda where it joins South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, Benin just about anywhere, Ghana, rural villages in South Africa, Katatura - the township that butts up to Windhoek Namibia, Rwanda,...

Words affect performance. What you say and how you say it can lead to someone performing at their best or failing to achieve their potential. Performance tends to conform to the expectations you set for it. Stereotype Threat: when you're told that expectations for someone like you are low, you...

Spend a very long flight in the front of the plane followed by a much shorter flight in steerage and you can't help thinking about the way spaces affect you. My recent twelve hour flight to Doha in Business was somehow much shorter than my one hour flight from there to Dubai...

As I sat down to write this, it occurred to me that my mind was blank. Totally blank. A deafening absence of thought greeted me. At first I panicked. As regular readers know, this missive comes out every Tuesday unless technical glitches intervene. Not only do I always, or so I...

Everyone is inundated by information, often in excruciating detail. Much of it is marketing materials shouting about how wonderful the sender is. You get videos, texts, tweets, emails, and even a call now and then. Everywhere you go you're subjected to people who immediately share their expertise...without you asking. It's...