Author Archives: Stan

Around the table sat twelve very educated, very intelligent scientists and leaders of scientists, at the sprawling corporate offices of one of the largest pharmaceutical firms in the world. The subject was the presentation of research by a tiny biotech … Continue reading →

In recent years, there has been a challenge to the classical economist’s interpretation of market behavior. From the earliest times of the field of economics, there has been proposed the existence of homo economicus, that is, the “economic man”, a … Continue reading →

I don’t care who you are or how great your store of wisdom, there are times in your life when you are clueless about how you represent yourself.  And those times of befuddlement occur at a frequency rate directly correlated … Continue reading →

Several months ago in this column, I wrote about the value of a recession and how a leader truly learns leadership when times are bad, not when they are good.  That topic came up again at a Corporate Directors Forum … Continue reading →