Critical issues regarding the negative influence of for-profit firms in the education sector have been identified. Continue reading The Marketisation of Education | When Unruly Students Turn into Demanding Customers
“It is important for leaders not only to run the company in executive fashion but also to educate the company to the desired culture.” Continue reading The Timeless Truths of Business Excellence | In Conversation with Rabbi Daniel Lapin
It was never meant to be a one-way sermon street. Continue reading The Perfect Protege | A Mentor’s Appreciation
I knew it would be hard–but who knew it would be this hard? Continue reading A Letter to the Young Leader Under My Custody
Whether you’re reimagining your business or rethinking your present career trajectory–the same rules apply when you’re making a transition. Continue reading The Overhaul | Redesigning Your Dream Business and Career
What are the habits and patterns in your mind that are wrecking havoc in your professional life? Continue reading The Whip-Poor-Will’s Song | Recurring Patterns that Make or Break
“When you realize that your boss is really your customer…” Continue reading From Entrepreneur to Employee | Redefining My Customer
Some 13,000 years ago, a young woman walked into a cave looking for water. One misstep is all it took for her to fracture her hip and drown. That’s what scientists discovered as they dived into Hoyo Negro and found her skeleton – a time capsule preserving a unique record of the Ice Age on the American continent. Continue reading Naia: The Water Nymph of Hoyo Negro
I come from a family of entrepreneurs. Difficult circumstances and a lack of equal opportunities is what drove them to start businesses. For most of my life, I always thought that entrepreneurship was a byproduct of struggle and overcoming obstacles. No one I know ever set out to be a business person. It was the natural course of events that led them to it. And this is why Silicon Valley baffles me so much. Continue reading The Silicon Valley Crowd: my cynical first impressions
I intended to go to the Yougle Lama Temple, but I got seriously lost. No surprises there – my sense of direction is terrible. Imagine Dory from Finding Nemo. Yes. That’s how hopeless I am. I stopped to ask a police officer for help who told me I was walking in the opposite direction. No surprises there either. And whilst making my way back, I found Confucius Temple. Initially, I thought it was going to be just another one of those picturesque places – but man was I mistaken. Continue reading Day 2 in Hutong, Beijing: Confucius Temple, Imperial Academy, Tibetan Food and Yonghe Lama Temple
The Mercantile 