2014 08 ForeignAffairs – New World Order

2014 08 ForeignAffairs – New World Order

New World Order Labor, Capital, and Ideas in the Power Law Economy By Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, and Michael Spence From our July/August 2014 Issue   Recent advances in technology have created an increasingly unified global marketplace for labor and capital. The ability of both to flow to their highest-value uses, regardless of their location, is equalizing their prices across the globe. In recent years, this broad factor-price equalization has benefited nations with abundant low-cost labor and those with access to cheap capital. Some have argued that the current era of rapid technological…Read more
2014 09 09 Preparation For Effective Leadership Begins With 5 Simple Rules (Forbes.com)

2014 09 09 Preparation For Effective Leadership Begins With 5 Simple Rules (Forbes.com)

The Roman philosopher Seneca believed that we are able to create our own fortune. “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity” he famously said. A leader’s responsibility is to help their organization and the people they serve to grow and prosper – this is how you earn serendipity. Successful leadership is the ability to create and sustain enough momentum to assure that the marketplace and competitors don’t pass you by. This requires leaders to prepare for the future, while equally staying on point with the present. The constant distraction in our daily…Read more
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