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Austin, Texas: A Case Study in Managing Competitive Crises
Three things are clear about the future: technology will determine competitiveness; talent comes in all colors, nationalities and genders; and the problems are too big, too complex to solve in...
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Business and Culture: Transatlantic Business Leaders Offer Advice, Wearing...
Five business leaders walked onto the stage of the Texas-EU Summit to talk about managing transatlantic businesses. Two run European units based in the United States; two developed European units of...
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The First Americans’“Send Them Back,” Retold
Walking through Jeffrey Gibson’s extraordinary installation, “This Is the Day,” you hear an echo from the first Americans: “Send them Back.” Gibson, a gay Native American artist, draws inspiration...
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Building the 5G Wall: What Do We Want to Become?
A super-fast national Internet exclusively for urban America? That’s the scenario that comes to mind in reading the Defense Innovation Board‘s report on 5G, the next generation of super-fast wireless...
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Trading the Eagle for a $ Sign
When you reach the mezzanine of the LBJ Presidential Library as I did recently, turn, and you find yourself dwarfed by an immense presidential seal. At its center is the bald eagle, the symbol of both...
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Meetings Aren’t Getting You Where You Want to Go? Try Something New
I thrive on early mornings but shun early-morning meetings. For me, morning is thinking time. Even summoning the power of speech before 9 am takes an effort. Nevertheless on Valentine’s Day, I led a...
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Communicating During a Crisis
In a crisis, nothing is more important — aside from saving lives — than clear, consistent communication. Our present crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic — offers some vivid lessons in Crisis Communications...
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If We Know So Much, Why Don’t We Do Something?
A young activist writer living in Austin, Texas, is inspired by a charismatic politician. He writes a successful novel, secures a good job close to the halls of power and passionately supports liberal...
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Are We Learning Anything from China?
Del Valle, Texas, has made a bid for Tesla’s $1 billion electric truck Gigafactory, waiving some $46 million in property taxes over 10 years, with the county kicking in an additional $14 million. Can...
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A Prayer on September 11
Today, my memories of September 11, 2001, when the world froze and I stood paralyzed as horrific images of people jumping from the Towers repeated and repeated and repeated, are mixed up with memories...
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