Mellody Hobson Makes History
Mellody Hobson Makes History It is with great pleasure that I congratulate Mellody Hobson on becoming the first African-American woman to chair the Economic Club of Chicago. Hobson joined the [...]
Trump’s First 100 Days
President Trump recently hit first 100 days in office. While the media has heavily covered his attempts at immigration and health care reform, coverage about gender issues has been less [...]
New Books in Business and Economics
Among the crop of new books on business and economics, some titles about behavioral economics and reform of US government institutions caught my eye. […]
6 Things Every Mentor Should Do
6 Things Every Mentor Should Do In light of all the recent discussion of mentors and sponsors, I found Harvard Business Review’s recent article, “Six Things Every Mentor Should Do,” [...]
Ray Dalio – The 5 Criteria For Success
RAY DALIO The 5 Criteria for Success I recently watched Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater – the world’s largest hedge fund – speak with Andrew Ross Sorkin on Deal B%k [...]
"Fearless Girl"
Just before International Women’s Day on March 8, a second bronze statue appeared directly opposite the famous bronze bull on Wall Street. The four foot tall girl, hands on her hips, [...]
What Leaders Can Learn from Artists
The Jazz Musicians (1954), David Park I recently came across an interesting article in The Harvard Business Review by Hal Gregerson, the executive director of the MIT Leadership [...]
Taking the Long View?
Conventional wisdom suggests that the long-term is the clear path to success when it comes to investing and business strategy. However, the authors of a new study published by McKinsey [...]
Future Leaders: Millennial Women
Depending on how you look at the millennial generation, they are either innovative and optimistic or entitled youth with outsized expectations. As with most things, the truth is somewhere in [...]
Year in Review
2016 – The Year in Review 2016 was one for the record books. The British voted to leave the European Union; we saw our first female presidential candidate; and Donald [...]