Recently I moderated two panels at the Wharton Africa Business Forum, one on media and one on marketing. Both aimed at Africa, of course.
There were a number of talks by people such as Coca Cola's head of Africa. My panels included a man who ran for president of Nigeria and the...
I'm in my fourth day of having all my power and internet service out due to the storm of a few days ago, four days to be exact. It has focused my thinking on how our hold on modern life is amazingly tenuous. I write this from a place I...
Since I saw an article by Lucy Kellaway in the Financial Times a few days ago I've been thinking about it. I even tweeted it out so perhaps you've already read it. If not, here it is, "Management guff lands in China."
I am in awe of Kellaway. She is a...
It's been fascinating to watch Blackberry in the midst of self destruction. Before I go on, let me say that I have a Blackberry and like it quite a bit. I've found that on my frequent travels around the world, including out of the way places in Africa, my...
Having just returned from the US-Africa Business Summit sponsored by The Corporate Council on Africa, leadership is on my mind. Attendees included everyone from Senators Coons and Isakson who are respectively the Chair and the Ranking Member of the Senate Africa Sub-Committee to Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the...
Since I wrote the last post, Locked In Our Beliefs and Assumptions, I've been musing over what I said. I've also had a few conversations about it with people who read my words and thought that I, and Donna Zajonc, captured something straining our society to its limits...our inability...
Regular readers know that I am a big believer in the power of travel to expand your mind and open your horizons. We all become locked into a set of beliefs and assumptions based on our history. This mindset often stops us from growing and locks us into things...
Everywhere I go people keep telling me how tired they, how stressed, how worried, and even how scared. This is accentuated by our horrible circumstance of always being connected so there is never any real downtime. And for those in positions of authority or leadership, it's accentuated even more by...