by James Bailey and Hillary Phillips | Jan 17, 2019
Conventional wisdom would have it that university leaders as seen as more reformist that business leaders. The underlying logic is that universities are in the vanguard of social movements, whereas businesses favor the status-quo. Counter-intuitively, research shows...
by James Bailey | Jan 6, 2019
CEO’s have generally been a shy lot, not wanting to draw attention to themselves or their firms. Quarterly earnings reports were enough publicity. CEO’s were, traditionally, all about business. But that’s changed over the last few years. ...
by James Bailey | Dec 15, 2018
Make no mistake, Wall Street is conferencing, shareholders are whispering, users are wounded, and politicians are watching. By any reasonable standard in corporate America, Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and chief executive officer of Facebook, the company he founded with...
by James Bailey | Oct 24, 2018
The idea of a corporate executive turning into a politician and policymaker is gaining momentum. Starbucks’ Howard Shultz has teased his interest in running for president, following in the footsteps of entrepreneur/reality TV star Mark Cuban and celebrity media titan...
by James Bailey | Aug 3, 2018
The world tends toward continuums. Hot and cold have warm and cool along the way. Big and small have all manner of magnitude in the middle. Even black and white have hues between. Winter, spring, summer, and fall represent varying points along a gradual scale marking...
by James Bailey | Jul 14, 2018
Inevitably and rightly so, a New Year summons reflection. What happened, why it happened, and what can be done about it will be a prevalent theme. The focus is typically on specific events, as specific events allow for clear diagnoses, prognoses, and prescriptions....