As ever, the new year ushers in an opportunity to consider what’s going to come up in 2017. If I had sum up my major 2017 predictions, it would be more of the same, except faster, different and, probably, worse. I would like to separate the challenges into three...
I recently had the great pleasure to stay one night at the Park Hyatt Palace Hotel in Paris. It’s not very often that one stays in a hotel in your home town… and this was no ordinary night. The entire stay, from beginning to end, was marked by tremendous...
Did you notice how Uber has been in the press a lot over the summer? It just seems to be a magnet for media attention. This is partly because of its tendentious ethics, partly because of the huge numbers bandied around ($66B valuation, $1.3B quarterly loss…);...
By now, you’ve surely heard of the Pokemon Go (PG) craze, right? If you haven’t, I suspect that means that (a) you’ve been on holidays in the boondocks, (b) you don’t have kids or (c) perhaps you snub all things digital? In any event, twenty...
Everyone’s inbox is stuffed with untold amounts of spammy, scammy and risky emails. As we all continue to struggle to keep up with the communications coming in from all angles, even the most digitally savvy are not immune. Under the onslaught, we might sometimes...
At school (at least in the US), we are taught to aim for 100 out of 100. It seems that grade inflation has made a perfect score far too attainable. It’s a phenomenon that is rife at all higher institutions, including the upper crust schools. In fact, it was...
How to tag someone on LinkedIn if their name doesn’t come up?
