A thinking partner who isn't an echo chamber... How many of us dare to have such collaborators?

Everyone I know feels harassed by email which has invaded their waking and sleeping hours.

The cell phone has become the adult's transitional object, replacing the toddler's teddy bear for comfort and a sense of belonging.

Instead, we have found ourselves gasping for air in a sea of corruption, dysfunction, environmental degradation, waste, disenchantment and inequality—and the harder we compete, the more unequal we become.

Certainty is no guarantor of correctness.

Customers who have to come back and spend, or customers who just don't want the hassle of leaving - those are the ones who are most worth attracting.

Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.