Ok, now that I have infuriated some of you with that headline, I beg all of you to stay with me for a moment…

It was 9 PM when my cousin asked me that question. Her father (my uncle) had died 12 hours prior and the two of us found a few moments to connect on the phone.

Ok, this is a continuation of my last post and has nothing to do with leadership or business. Or even systems.

I like to think that I was taught by great mentors how to do the “strategy thing.”

I remember being six years old at elementary school in the San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles. I have vivid memories of ashes coming out of the sky ...

I was headed to Saudi Arabia for a week of teaching and meetings when my phone vibrated with a text: “Your flight has been delayed by 45 minutes...”