In an essay titled ‘Has Democracy a Future?’, historian Arthur Schlesinger wrote that “people of goodwill in 1900 believe in the inevitability of democracy, the invincibility of progress, the decency of human nature, and the coming reign of reason and peace”. The then-president of Stanford University, David Starr Jordan, echoed Schlesinger’s positive outlook by adding...
The 2002 book ‘Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High’ seems to bleed into every trending discussion that I have followed lately.
Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight, is the title of a book by Japanese writer Naoki Higashida. It tells the story of a young man who fights the challenges of autism with tenacity. The book gives the reader enduring and poignant lessons about life. Fall down seven times, stand up eight, is also a...
The Media Today, which is written by the Columbia Journalism Review, recently contemplated what it calls the “logistical and ethical challenges of sports reporters’ restart.” Among its observations, it argues that journalists are preparing for a return of professional sports at a time when the health environment is still wrestling with the same challenges it faced...
I found myself reflecting on aspects of an SMEs Compete entrepreneurs’ roundtable from September last year. After listening to testimonies about bad decisions and remedial action, participants wanted to know more about treasured lessons in entrepreneurship. In response, the roundtable of entrepreneurs noted that business plans can always be improved; they encouraged would-be entrepreneurs not...