An article in HBR The Working Future got me thinking.  The premise is that successful institutions gain competitive advantage by adopting leadership strategies that 1.) recognize...

  I’ve often wondered if the free flow of information, discourse, and opinion might be the “silver bullet” for incenting people in autocracies to demand a better life in a free-market...

There is considerable tension in the workplace today about working in the office vs. remotely.  The objections to remote work center on its (possibly) negative impact on productivity...

I think the good people of Georgia’s 14th congressional district should be ashamed.  In 2022, 170,000 of them elected Marjorie Taylor Greene to represent them.  I’d be...

If you are trying to understand the Metaverse, it’s an evolving concept, one that is not well defined, and one that I don’t fully grasp.  For example, I don’t get the “so what”...

Attention immigration policy wonks and policy makers.  We’ll regret not doing something like this … and sooner rather than later.  US economic strength and prosperity...

Last week, I voted by mail in the primary election.   Under Maryland’s outdated closed primary system, I was permitted to vote in the Democratic primary because I am a registered...

On the news I saw that the Crumbley’s, husband and wife and parents of the school shooter who killed 4 classmates, were sentenced to 10-15 years in prison for manslaughter.  At...

I highly recommend The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter. Reading their work and...

We really, really need to think about how we are going to deal with big increases in the ranks of the under- and unemployed … and the resulting even larger disenfranchised middle class.  ...

“2024 is set to be a pivotal moment. The shape of things to come is being radically disrupted and redefined. As our discussions in Davos emphasized, driving this wave of change are...

Talk about a “black swan”! There has been non-stop news coverage on local Baltimore TV stations since I got up this morning.  Here’s what I’ve gleaned, so far.  Not clear...

Larry Mead passed on May 24, 2022, peacefully at home surrounded by family.  His son called me when Larry was on his deathbed in NJ.  Since I was in Baltimore, I wrote a “thank-you”...

I really enjoy Brill’s books.  Good writing, credible content, thoughtful analysis, and important topics.  (And, he actually responded to an email I sent him, and did so in...

Paradoxically, many of the pictures I found for a federal government shutdown show the Capitol with a closed sign.  Congress gets paid during a shutdown. Threats of shutdowns...