Peter Kalis is one of the top leaders in the American legal profession. He is emeritus chairman and global managing partner of K&L Gates. Mr. Kalis provides strategic advice to many of the …
Thinkers and Talkers and Doers
How often have you heard something like the following? —I’m a doer. I don’t spend time on books or academic thinking or intellectual stuff. That’s just a distraction from getting things …
10 Leadership Lessons from Mozilla CEO Firing
This post, from a notable business event in 2014, continues to have resonance. There has been much celebration and consternation over the forced resignation of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich. Much of …
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Unrestrained, Unethical Individuals Invalidate Institutional Integrity
The historic crisis of confidence in elites has suddenly, unexpectedly, forcefully jumped across institutions, like an uncontrolled wildfire bursting through a clearing. The extent of damage is …
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Mohamed Bouazizi | The Contagion of Courage
The raging wildfire of change sweeping the Middle East for more than a decade was set by the self-immolation of a twenty-six year-old Tunisian fruit seller, Mohamed Bouazizi. …
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Who is McKinsey Serving?
UPDATE: Allegations of unethical practices continue to emerge, including services to China, and conflict of interest arising amid McKinsey's simultaneous business with pharmaceutical companies and …