Last week I shared a post on LinkedIn about the Zoom “back to work” announcement which generated a landslide of passionate comments. 

Having seen Zoom’s agility at the beginning of the pandemic when others were slow, there's for sure the possibility of schadenfreude, a sense of pleasure at another’...

The slower days of August are a perfect time to catch up with the big, juicy peach-like ideas in life.

While the fiber-filling red apples of Fall are just around the corner, right now there is a bit of space to read and listen and dream and make the weird connections that deliver insights and break...

How has your summer gone so far? 

I just sweated through four weeks, two countries, six cities, a handful of mostly uninspiring hotels (beige as far as the eye can see), 13 college visits, family reunions and more fast food than I ever thought I would eat. 

(no, chicken fingers covered in crushed ...

My route to board service has been more like a game of hopscotch. In my early 20s I was a nominee director on several of the startup boards our venture capital firm invested in. I had zero training and, in retrospect, provided little value beyond my executive role helping the companies with their op...

When a company finds itself in crisis, what is the role of the board and its directors? 

We discussed a recent company snafu in a previous blog and I make a regular study of companies which make the headlines due to their poor governance (Theranos, Wirecard, Wells Fargo, Toshiba) as well as those w...

When I read the tragic tale of the Titan Submersible which imploded a week ago, killing all five people aboard, I had a familiar sinking feeling. 

“Where was the board?”

Like in the collapse of Theranos, WeWork, Weinstein & Co, Wirecard….where was the board?

My curiosity is always piqued when I s...

In 1999, I left my lucrative, coveted spot at a management consulting firm to do a stint as Luce Fellow living and working in Asia. I came to Hong Kong as a pit stop to meet my boss on the way to Beijing to start Internet World magazine in China and Asia. 

“Sorry, the joint venture has fallen throu...

We had an amazing Future Proof Masterclass last week with Harvard Business School professor and best-selling author of “The Portfolio Life”, Christina Wallace.  

The concept of a "portfolio life" involves building a multidimensional life and career that is more than just your job. This can involve ...

My very first job was working for Dr. Henry Kissinger, a well-known statesman and diplomat who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Nixon. The Economist recently did an extensive interview with him as he turns 100 years old. For you, dear readers, I can do no less than impa...

What does Future Proofing have to do with Belonging?

I’ve been banging on about belonging all month in our blog. What the heck do these Future Proof Masterclasses have to do with Belonging?

Well, allow me to digress to our origins. 

The REASON I started the Future Proof course was to teach people...