“There is no other God than Truth” – Mahatma Gandhi “Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” ― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar “The spirit of a people, its cultural level, its social structure, the deeds its policy …

  In 1968 New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad merge to form Penn Central, sixth largest corporation in the United States. Two years later, Penn Central files for bankruptcy protection, the largest corporate bankruptcy. In 2001 JDS Uniphase writes down $38.7 billion related to companies purchased over prior two years. In 2002 QWEST Communications takes …

Everything you can imagine is real. Pablo Picasso Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill. The issues of leadership continue to intrigue me, so much so that I believe that it is all-pervasive; leadership and concomitant followership touch and shape all aspects of life. …

Leadership domain has been dissected to infinitum, and yet it remains so ever elusive. As to the very essence of leadership, President Theodore Roosevelt’s implied vision of it, noted below, resonates with me. On bold leadership with conviction, courage and character It is not the critic who counts…. The credit belongs to the individual who …

Per capita GDP growth rate and absolute value; long-term vs. medium-term Through a series of posts in this category, we continue to reflect upon and sharpen our learning on issues of global leadership, cultures, and direction and scale of economic development in selected regions of the world. We have two principal objectives for the continued …