When well-intentioned government actions increase economic inequality
Joseph Stiglitz, a renowned economist, has just published a book entitled The Price of Inequality, in which he directly tackles the cost and root causes of societal inequality. While I do not agree...
View ArticleThe Challenges of Delivering “Shareholder Value”
In the Saturday, August 11, 2012, issue of The New York Times, op-ed columnist Joe Nocera wrote an insightful piece called “Down with Shareholder Value.” Nocera points out the obvious fact that the...
View ArticleWhat Labor Day Should Honor
Vocational and Technical Education As we just observed the Labor Day weekend, there is a tendency for the media and for elected officials to reinforce obsolete views of labor and of vocational and...
View ArticleRemembrances and reflections on 9/11
Today, September 11, 2012, is the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and like that tragic day, is a clear, cool Tuesday. I remember that day well, as do all of us with some emotional connection to...
View ArticleInjuries and Public Health
Because of my focus on enabling individuals and families to maximize their health and get the best possible value from health care and health spending, I have often focused on those factors driving...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy
We think of extreme climatic events as happening only in this past few decades, but there were events that fundamentally altered our country’s demography in the 1920’s and 1930’s and 1950’s, and were...
View ArticleWhat the Presidential Election Result Tells Us
Many of my Republican friends (I am registered as an Independent) are bewildered that President Obama won. However, I believe in the voters’ collective wisdom, and would offer observations about some...
View ArticleReinventing companies with great traditions and histories
The reinventions of great companies Pitney Bowes built a wonderful set of businesses that have served it well for 92 years, and the Company celebrated its 92nd anniversary on November 16th. On that...
View ArticleA Deeper Dive into Seve Ballesteros and Playing From the Rough
Many people have asked about the status of our From the Rough film project. It is alive and well, and we have taken most of 2012 to take a fresh look at every component of the project. We are getting...
View ArticleThe Critical Role of Genetics and Genomics in the Future of Healthcare
In talking with Dr. Robert Green, one of the handful of leading-edge researchers and thinkers on the promise of genomics in transforming health and healthcare, I have gained some quite interesting...
View ArticleReflecting on our blessings
As my family and I celebrate the holidays this year, we truly feel that we have gone through a rebirth from the many challenges we have faced in the past few years. Objectively, our path to get our...
View ArticleReflections at the beginning of the new year
As we end 2012 and enter 2013, I have some observations about the world as I see it. The economic environment This is a very difficult economic environment for people of all ages, but particularly for...
View ArticleFootball bounties and gamblers
Every once in a while, a single comment in a book or article prods us to think very differently about a broadly discussed issue. One that comes to mind is a statement in Steve Coll’s essay in the...
View ArticleKudos to Irving Kahn
In the Saturday, December 22, 2012, issue of The Wall Street Journal, there was an inspiring story written by James Zweig called “The 107-Year-Old Stock Picker.” The subject of the story was...
View ArticleDo high taxes cause wealthy people to leave a state or a country?
James B. Stewart, a reporter and author wrote on Op-Ed piece in the Saturday, February 16, 2013, issue of The New York Times, entitled “The Myth of the Rich Who Flee From Taxes.” His major argument is...
View ArticleCelebrating innovative everyday heroes
Celebrating everyday heroes Type 1: the person who performs a single dramatic heroic act When we talk about celebrating everyday heroes, we should pause to redefine what we mean. When I was growing...
View ArticleWhy life’s small moments often have big consequences
I just finished reading Cissy Houston’s remarkable book Remembering Whitney, which is partly Cissy Houston’s autobiography and partly a story of her daughter Whitney Houston. It is a remarkable book...
View ArticleIs a publicly traded asset ever a “safe investment?”
What is a “safe investment?” As I have attempted to secure investors for our feature film From the Rough, I have gotten extremely frustrated by comments many people have made that our investment is...
View ArticleLack of CEO engagement in employee health
I have strongly believed that CEOs should make employee health a high priority and have been bewildered when they delegate that responsibility to their Benefits departments. I successfully created a...
View ArticleThe Sharing Economy
Today, there is a steady, inevitable growth of what many commentators refer to the “sharing economy.” The most wellknown example of replacing sharing for ownership of a vital asset is the Zipcar...
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