I’m often asked for advice on getting promoted.  There’s no silver bullet.  There are no guarantees.  It may not be ”fair.”  I’ve seen a lot of people who deserved a promotion and didn’t get one … and a few people who got promoted and flamed out. At some...

Sheila Dixon was Baltimore City’s Mayor (for 3 years) after being City Council President (for 7 years) in the 2000 to 2010 timeframe. She appears to be a young 70-year old; she does good sound bites. In 2009, she was charged with a 12 felonies and misdemeanors:  4 counts...

Some statistics on different countries’ “pledges” of military aid to Ukraine flashed by my consciousness.  I wondered if the US was shouldering more than its fair share of the load.  The answer is no. How much of a country’s wealth do they commit to Ukraine? ...

How do you deal with a volatile, unpredictable world?  How do you futureproof your institution?  In part, by becoming uber resilient.  (I say “in part” because becoming more adaptable is also important.  But that’s not what I am thinking-out-loud about here. ...