“In our daily lives,” said celebrated author Arthur Clarke, “we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.” It’s a lesson the world could stand to learn, given the stark absence of gratitude that characterizes the professional landscape most of us occupy. According to a…
It’s Charlie Sheen’s world—the rest of us are just here to provide an audience. Spectator sports being what they are, commentary abounds about this dayglo-colourful character, smearing reams of newsprint ink and jamming up the airwaves. Everyone’s got something to say about his antics, most of it in the spirit of such outrage you’d think…
The world right now seems shrouded in such incredible murk it’s a wonder any of us can put a foot in front of the other. Every new day, every new Anderson Cooper utterance, every new splash of 72-point newsprint ink brings fresh reason for despair. The aftershocks of a devastating earthquake on a pristine strip…
It’s a win-win-win. The consumer gets a new toy, its manufacturer gets a sale, an affiliated charity gets a shot to the arm. And those are just the tangibles. Cause-related marketing (CRM) isn’t a new idea. The first notable initiative on this front was likely an American Express campaign from the early 1980s that dedicated…
Students attending business school in India these days are learning as much about balanced budgets as they are about balanced psyches. As tapped-in educators in this part of the world acknowledge the emerging importance of spirituality in the corporate landscape, the pursuit of individuality and competition is giving over to one inspired by teamwork, cooperation…