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September 22, 2022

Examples of cross cultural leadership

4 Things Star Wars Teaches Us About Cross-Cultural Leadership As a professor I often tell my students that we will engage in learning and teaching together. […]
September 15, 2022

FutureWatch: Understanding the Implications of Big Data

As a futurist, I have been watching the trend of big data for some time. In fact, it has become so commonplace that it is not […]
September 8, 2022

Linking Personal Success & Organizational Culture

If you read my blogs you know that I am a firm believer in Peter Drucker’s adage that “organizational culture eats strategy for lunch”. In other words, […]
August 12, 2021

When Scarcity is Your Friend

Today’s guest post is by my friend and colleague, Dr. David Stehlik. Are you a knowledge worker? Are your primary responsibilities the creation, assessment, management, reduction, […]
April 22, 2021

What is a disruptive leader?

Futurist guru Thomas Frey recently posted a list of 52 university degrees that we will need in the future. His insights reminded us of two important […]
March 25, 2021

What jobs will robots take over?

Consider what it would have been like to have been employed as a carriage driver when the automobile was invented. Or to have worked in the […]
March 18, 2021

Why do I need to upskill?

During a conversation with a colleague, she noted that she believes her job will be automated in the next five years. At a glance, her job […]
April 5, 2018

Who Owns Who?

President Trump has recently created a(nother) media stir by expressing his concern about the selling power of the on-line retail giant we call Amazon. While personal […]
April 21, 2017

Trend Watch: Truthful Consumerism

The Trendwatching organization released a 4 minute video that provides helpful insights about emerging trends which are impacting our businesses. In it, they address rising societal concerns related to globalization, inequality, […]
September 2, 2016

Infographic: The Digitization of the US Economy

The infographic below (courtesy of McKinsey) provides great insights about how technology pervades our business lives. I encourage you to specifically review the chart which reveals digitization […]
August 11, 2016

E-Residency: How Estonia is Advancing Globalization

Estonia is a tiny nation in the European Baltic region. By airplane, it is about two hours north of Germany. With a population of 1.3 million people, […]
July 26, 2016

The Rise of Augmented Reality: Lessons from Pokemon Go

A few weeks ago our 17 year old mysteriously started taking walks in the middle of the day. He even took the dog! For some families this […]