My children (yes, that’s us 18 years ago in the image above) both headed off to college this past fall and I have an empty nest…
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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein Hate is a luxury, exacting its own form of hyper-inflationary…
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When you’re the CEO — your greatest responsibility is to recognize whether your organization requires a major change in direction. Hal Gregersen, Harvard Business Review, April 2017…
Read moreHere is what we seek: a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than in judgment at how they…
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Everybody is stuck in this left-versus-right traditional dynamic, but today, all over the world, it’s centrist versus extremist. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid The battle among investors…
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The best time to build a local fire station is before your house catches fire. In the past month three leaders – education, faith, healthcare –…
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Part of a publisher’s work, whether directly or via a consultant or employee, is locating the cheapest place in the world for getting work done, whether…
Read moreIt was almost exactly three years ago that I decided, in memory of my wife, to take the plunge into publishing. I was 70 years old,…
Read moreThis is on you. Beto O’Rourke, gubernatorial candidate confronting Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Uvalde press conference I can’t believe that you’re a sick son of a…
Read moreAn author who is a friend, but who I have *not* published, writes to me for advice: “Since you are a publisher, I thought I’d check…
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