In the course of our careers, there are certain key events that change our outlook or approach to what we’re doing, or, in some cases, enhance our social or professional status. For me at least, such episodes typically have never been planned or scheduled, but have rather presented themselves as pure impromptu opportunities. The best

A couple days ago, I had a phone conversation with a senior executive who spent decades in the auto business in Detroit and now has his own business. He never mentioned it, but it soon became apparent to me that things weren’t going all that well in his business, and he needed to have a

When Bloomberg recently invited me into the discussion of a pro or con blog on whether sustainability is a trend or a fad, my first thought was; how can anything we do not be sustainable? If the definition is basically that whatever we take must be given back so we can live in relative bliss