“Culture is coded wisdom.”-Wangari Maathai
1: Seen the movie City Slickers?
At the heart of this classic 1990s comedy is the relationship between Mitch, a Manhattan yuppie played by Billy Crystal, and Curly, a tough, wizened cowboy played by Jack Palance.
Curly tells Mitch, “It all comes down to one thing. You focus on that, and everything else don’t mean s#&t.”
Mitch is confused. He asks Curly … continue reading
1: Mastercard’s former CEO Ajay Banga was walking through the office one day when he noticed a slogan written in a staircase:
“Mastercard, the heart of commerce.”
“It made me think,” he reflects in Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vik Malhotra‘s powerful book CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.
A thought struck him: “Commerce is mostly in cash, right? … continue reading
