The future is on the way.  Leading-edge innovators, we are assured, have already moved on, and are earnestly focusing on the just the sort of problems - manufacturing, energy, transportation (and I'd add healthcare) - that urgently require imaginative solutions.

Are CEOs of large companies being overpaid?

It’s easy to muster a cynical response to Tuesday’s announcement that the world’s largest health products company, J&J, is replacing their current CEO William Weldon (athletic white male and former sales rep who rose through the commercial organization) with Alex Gorsky (athletic ...

Do we love business – or hate it?

America loves entrepreneurs--for good reason: they spark our imagination and remind us of the potential in each of us.

Why are so many investors boors?

I’m not talking about a couple of bad eggs here or there.  As far as I can tell, there’s a distinctive phenotype that may not describe all investors, but certainly seems to capture far more than chance alone would dictate.

Boors, you ask? ...

The baby boom generation was destined to be powerful culturally, economically and politically because of its disproportionate numbers—and because of its own high self-regard.

For years, business has been content to stay above the political fray of school improvement, happily delivering dollars to educational leaders when called upon. But if business is truly serious about driving reform, it needs to recognize that it is uniquely positioned to step up in more consequential ways than donating supplies or sponsoring scholarships.