Occasionally you read a book and you immediately relate to it. Not only do you comprehend the words and concepts the author is trying to convey, but you can actually feel how it relates to you personally, your professional life, and your own journey of constant improvement. Surviving Your Serengeti, by Stefan Swanepoel is one…read more
The Power of Connectivity, Capitalism, and The Conceptual Age
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
When the mayhem in the financial world let loose in the fall of 2008, I was the COO of an international corporate finance company. It didn’t matter how long you had done business with a counterparty, how much money they had made with you in the past, or if they had introduced you as their…read more
The Courage to Change the Healthcare Game
Monday, May 10th, 2010
As someone who dreams up creative ways to engage customers and helps companies update their business models to thrive in the 21st century, I find myself often thinking about the healthcare system and how desperately it needs an updated model. There have been a couple of news spots recently on healthcare providers starting to do…read more
People Risk: What Most Companies Fail to Understand
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
If you read my blog on a regular basis, you know that I feel strongly that the global financial crisis and ensuing economic recession was not necessarily due to too much risk taking, but more to do with a glut of certain types of risk taking and a real lack of other types of risk…read more
The 3 C’s of a Successful 21st Century Business
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Overtime, many businesses end up evolving through the lens of problem solving and not through the lens of what they want to create. When you take the time to focus on what differentiates a company from its competition, what value it brings to its clients and the world, and what it really wants to become,…read more
The Naked Truth About Lencioni’s Latest Book
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The first time I read a Patrick Lencioni book, I was the COO and Managing Director of a global corporate finance company. I hadn’t been there long and was already regretting the move. My first thought after finishing The Five Dysfunctions of a Team was, “How do I leave of copy of this for the…read more
Individually AND Together
Monday, February 1st, 2010
“Individually and Together” — three words I heard this weekend from Will.i.am being interviewed as he fondly remembered the journey of success for his group The Black Eyed Peas. Yes, I am over 40 and a fan of the Black Eyed Peas! As a writer, sometimes you hear a group of words in one context…read more
Haiti: The Western Hemisphere’s Greatest Potential
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
This post is dedicated to the tens of thousands of Haitians who have lost their lives; to those who will undoubtedly loose their struggle in the coming weeks; to my friends and colleagues at Aimer Haiti and to the wonderful creative economic development ideas we were working on that now mean more than ever before. …read more
