Help First

Last week I had an enjoyable breakfast meeting with an interesting business founder. I had never met her or even spoken with her before our breakfast. She somehow discovered me and reached out via a lovely short email sharing a problem she was having and asking if I could...

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Politician or Leader?

As you may have noticed, here in the United States we're well into our never-ending presidential election season. Personally, I find it an appalling process. Here we are, trying to elect the person best able to lead the world's most powerful country at a time of great turmoil both domestically...

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Become a Pro Golfer

The PGA Championship just took place at Whistling Straits in Kohler Wisconsin. I watched it off and on while playing a round of golf myself (attempting to play at the professional level) with a client in Pinehurst, North Carolina, in airports flying back, and at home on the weekend...

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The Story Gets Shared Widely

A good friend of mine called me some weeks ago to discuss a trip we were planning to a client meeting. During the call he casually mentioned he had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. I know many men reading this just had the same visceral reaction I did...

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Book Club or Cocktail Party?

The internet is a wonderful thing. That's lucky for all of us as I'm quite sure it's here to stay. . But as the internet evolves and becomes ever more pervasive, we’re faced with a completely new way of interacting with our environment. What's the impact of being surrounded...

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Last War’s Weapons

A few months ago, I discovered The Archdruid Report and have been reading it with great interest ever since. Its subtitle is "druid perspectives on nature, culture, and the future of industrial civilization." It's not something many business leaders would normally find, and even if they found it, they would...

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Expand Your Horizons…Excite Your Mind

A few days ago I flew from Philadelphia to Orlando to have dinner with a friend of mine, just in from Africa. The next morning I flew back. It cost me quite a bit of money and most of 2 days. A number of people I mentioned this trip...

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2 – 4 – 8

Today we have a test. A math test. The math is easy. The thinking behind it much harder. A few days ago I was discussing prospective Israeli clients and global strategy projects for the upcoming Global Consulting Practicum year with Yuval Dovev, Head of Strategy and Business Development at IDC Herzliya University.  GCP...

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