I truly love my career – well, most of the time and in most aspects of it anyway. I enjoy the thrills of running my own consultancy firm and being in command of my destiny – even when (perhaps especially when) I need to react to the unexpected. It seems that I am at my…
Lloyd Blankfein is CEO of Goldman Sachs, and on Friday the 16th April he described his day as “one of the worst days of my professional life”. This was largely due to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing civil fraud charges against Goldman Sachs. The bank was accused of failing to disclose that a hedge fund had…
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Simplicity – we know it when we see it — but what is it, exactly? In this witty and entertaining talk, George Whitesides, Chemist and pioneer in microfabrication and nanoscale self-assembly, shares his thoughts and vision for a world in which health tests can be administered at almost no to little cost in developing countries….
John Lennon said, “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.” I’ve spent a good part of my life making lists, setting goals, making plans and calling people up. Mostly, it’s been a waste of time. Some years ago, I sold my company and in leaving, went through years of records, lists, plans, goals and…
Before reading further, click this link to view an incredible YouTube video: Eric Brenn was an amazingly talented performer who came on stage with a stack of dinner plates and a bunch of long poles. He’d set one plate spinning on top of a pole, then another, then another, until a dozen were going at…
How many times have we heard this? How many times have we said it? Personally, I am certain that I say this more than once per day. Sometimes it’s out of frustration, sometimes it’s out of amazement, sometimes it’s just a moment where I give a look and think, “You gotta be kidding me” – it’s the…
