If you ask people what strategic planning entails, you will probably get a list that looks something like this: Define your mission, vision, goals and measurable objectives Conduct environmental scanning/a situation analysis Formulate a strategy t…
Looking for inspiration? Listen to this interview with adventure traveler and documentary filmmaker Karin Muller. She talks about her experiences embedding herself in cultures in every corner of the globe during the past 16 years. Her cultural ope…
Looking at the things I work on, the things I read, the things that attract my attention and generally the things that interest me, interconnectedness comes across as a major theme. What at first looks a chaotic mass of unrelated topics actually t…
In what may actually be an understatement, Olaf Storbeck qualifies a new paper from John Joseph Wallis called “Did the New Deal Save Democracy and Capitalism” as having “stunning implications for economic policy.” I would go even further. Wallis m…
When Facebook recently offered me the chance to link my schools and company to pages about those topics, I thought it was a good idea. What took me by surprise was the fact that Facebook decided what those pages should be, and I had no way to infl…
We have all seen the pride on the face of a small child who has just learned how to write his or her own name. The sense of accomplishment is palpable. It is also an important step forward in the development of the self. Being able to write your n…
These great words of wisdom from Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-hour Workweek, struck a chord with me. I’ve been doing issues management and stakeholder relations for over a decade, and I’ve noticed that organizations too often get distracted by wan…
