Not long ago I was on a flight from Las Vegas when I overheard a fascinating conversation. The flight attendant who had welcomed us on board was...

The pain your business might be feeling at the moment isn’t just a hangover from the worst recession on record.  Frankly, that would be a piece of cake compared...

Want to know why things go viral?  I have a secret for you.  It’s not luck. From the Harlem Shake to Rutgers basketball coach abusing his players, hardly a...

There is much the corporate world can learn from this 25-year-old diva, whose talent for building a brand might even surpass her formidable performing...

Most of us fight the daily whack-a-mole war on email and try to split our time judiciously between multiple devices and infinite amounts of digital content...

Marketers all want to generate word-of-mouth. But we sometimes forget that this inherently means giving up control.  We need to remember that advocates are...

When I started G Adventures in 1990, the travel industry looked quite different than it does now. “Packaged” experiences were the norm and travel...

Maslow was right. As you probably know, once we have food and shelter, but before we can seek self-actualization—the Smart State—we must feel safety...

Dr. Ijad Madisch kept getting ‘stuck’ in his experiments. Madisch, a Harvard-trained virologist with a PhD, wasn’t failing as much as sensing inefficiency...

There is so much talk about technology, about the expansion of our reach, about smart phones and smart tools. And yet, all the while that more billions of us...

We kicked off our inaugraul small business conference in Toronto during Small Business Month. Presented by Visa,  The Art of Small Business conference...

Do you run a small business? Or does your small business run you? As an entrepreneur, there are an unlimited number of things we could do in order...

We have a problem when it comes to work-life balance. There is no such thing. This past May, I attended a conference in New York City called, Mirren New...

Over the last 5 years, we’ve seen the release of a stream of books like Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup that do a wonderful job of systematizing a...

Why are there not more leaders who inspire us, motivate us and make us feel like we can achieve great things? Why are there not more leaders who, when...