Thinking About Zombies on a Rooftop in Rome
In the light of a July morning, I crossed a bridge over the Tiber that was built in the year 62 BCE and wondered if, in all the Earth, there is an older bridge still [...]
July 2018
May 2018
Why “Enfant Terrible” is Not a Viable Leadership Model
The Chief Executive got on the phone and, while his conversation was being broadcast to the public, started sounding a little crazy. When he tried to explain his successes, he got confused on the numbers [...]
January 2018
On the Role of Leadership in a Shape-Shifting World
The communicator’s dilemma: leading the leaders. The communication of leadership is the most important thing you can work on in a company, because everything else depends on getting that right. This is critical, because we [...]
June 2017
How to be Funny in French
(C’est incroyable, mais hier j’étais drôle en français.) I started studying French in 7th Grade, or maybe it was 6th. It’s hard to tell because it was the year my parents moved us to Australia [...]
August 2016
Are You Writing for Your Better Angels or Your Victims?
For all the praise that Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has received over the years, you might be surprised to learn that on the day it was delivered, it was little noted nor long remembered by [...]