Three Ways NOT to Respond When Lost

Checkout Banff Centre’s Leadership Compass for my latest article titled “Three Ways NOT to Respond When Lost“. Excerpt: “Last summer I was hiking with my friends around a lake in Alberta’s Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. The day was beautiful with [...]

How economic myopia tells us something about rationality

Let’s face it. Conventional economic theory needs a major overhaul. I’m not here to debate Keynesian or Friedmann economics because that isn’t necessarily the most significant challenge. The most significant challenge is that economics has become the dominant mode of [...]

Time to Pay Extra Attention to Integrity

When times are good, it’s easy to be generous, patient, and honest. Unfortunately, the ease with which these virtues are attained leads to a kind of surface-level “goodness”. Can one be said to be courageous when the courage is never [...]

Thoughtscape Elements of Innovation

Little Red Hen Syndrome

Do you know the fable of the Little Red Hen? The little red hen gets no help to plant, nurture, harvest the seed. Nor does she get any help to grind the wheat or bake the bread, but when she [...]