Munificence in Misfortune: How Bad Times Make for Good Conduct

Conventional wisdom holds that during tough times—such as today’s feeble, disheartening economic climate—the lines between right and wrong blur.  Reliably decent people, whether on the street or in the boardroom, find the compromising conditions in which they live...

A State of Organizational Grace

To be in a state of grace is to be absolved of sin. To repent is to be exonerated, and to atone is to be pardoned. To err is human, and to forgive is divine. It is the most revered sacrament because it encourages us to look forward, not backward. Odd start for a...

Gimme Shelter: Soaked by Organizational Change

A spring morning in Washington. Walking home from dropping my son at preschool—just two blocks from home—and it started to storm. Scattered clouds and high winds conspired to violently burst into rain and thunder. Waterfall-like sheets poured and shuddering booms...