Influence Is Like Water. Always Flowing Somewhere.

One Doesn't Have To Be A Marxist To Be Awed By The Scale And Success Of Early-20th-cent Ury Efforts To Transform Strong-willed Human Beings Into Docile Employees.

People Are All There Is To An Organization

All Too Often, A Successful New Business Model Becomes The Business Model For Companies Not Creative Enough To Invent Their Own.

When A Politician Bends The Truth Or A Ceo Breaks A Promise, Trust Takes A Beating.

At The Heart Of Every Faith System Is A Bargain: On One Side There Is The Comfort That Comes From A Narrative That Suggests Human Life Has Cosmic Significance, And On The Other A Duty To Yield To Moral Commands That Can, In The Moment, Seem Rather Inconvenient.