How Taking Accountability Eases Tangles: The Case of a Local Police Sergeant versus Bernard Madoff
Earlier this week, I received a call from a sergeant in our local police department. He didn’t leave a specific message, although he said he was from the narcotics division and asked me to call him back. Last August 2008, I had parked my car in front of our home in a nice neighborhood in [...]
What Leaders Can Learn From Nano Knots
These illustrations are from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science
Last Friday, January 9, on the way to a client engagement, I was listening to Science Friday on NPR. Ira Flatow introduced the topic of Nano Knots. Nano knots are microscopic particles that, under certain conditions, can twist themselves into replicable patterns. [...]
More Crooked Tangles—Who Can We Trust?
photo credit: Margaret Anne Clarke
In the past week, I have been repulsed by news of one of the biggest scams of all time. Bernard Madoff, head of Bernard L. Madoff Securities, allegedly conned scores of wealthy investors, lulled by promises of higher than average yearly returns. Madoff was the CEO of a company [...]
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