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Struggling to learn a language, growth mindsets, and another opening to systems thinking
September 18, 2014Last week, I referred to a Financial Times opinion piece by Simon Kuper about language learning, entitled “Learning another language? Don’t...
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Systems thinking, liberal arts education, and learning language
September 12, 2014Systems thinking seems to be crossing my path these days. Or, is it perhaps my current mindset that causes...
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Silos and systems thinking
August 21, 2014Last week, writing about General Motors caused me to reflect a bit more on why silos exist in organizations,...
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Are there fundamental differences between leaders and managers?
June 7, 2013For the past two weeks, I have been teaching masters students in business administration programs, last week in...
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Thoughts on the passing of Margaret Thatcher
April 12, 2013This week, I had intended to continue along the line of my previous post, about the debate around working...
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The evolving MBA will be more and more “blended”
March 22, 2013We closed last time with the increasingly pertinent question in today’s world. As technological innovation spreads throughout the world...
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Some thoughts on the future of the MBA
March 15, 2013When the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD.org) invited me to speak at their 2013 MBA conference in Lausanne...
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In response to FT Article :“Genius explained, with help from Mozart”
December 10, 2012In the December 6th edition of the Financial Times, I came upon an article by columnist Lucy Kellaway entitled,...