On December 9, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined Microsoft founder Bill Gates and wealthy investor Warren Buffet in signing the Gates-Buffet Giving Pledge, which commits them to donate at least half of their wealth over time.…

The Book: Overconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet by William H. Davidow, Delphinium Books, Hardcover, January 2011.

As we move from an industrial era mindset that new technologies have made obsolete, our ability to be plugged in and…

Let's start off with a pop quiz: Who is the CEO of your career?

If you answered with any pronoun that is not in the first person, then guess again. I was reminded (once again) of this…

What happens when the CEO of a major corporation decides to deal directly with customers? Not large customers, but ordinary ones. There haven't been many opportunities to find out as, let's face it, the last thing CEOs or their senior…

Hedge funds are playing the role of Wall Street villain again. This time, the charge is rampant insider trading. First came the 2009 arrest of Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group. Then came the November 22, 2010…

Why do some leaders drain intelligence and capability from their teams while others leaders amplify it? That question prompted me to spend years researching the two types of bosses I now classify as "diminishers", who get less than 50% of…

"Thank goodness for muscle memory," I told my wife early last Tuesday morning. She looked at me quizzically (this is not all that unusual). I went on to explain how muscle memory was going to be my saving grace that…