Every time a guy with a dream decides to open a new big-city restaurant, the old joke goes, “Good thing nobody else has thought of …

Back in 1990s Austin, Texas, the musicians called it “The Velvet Rut”. Austin was still considered “The Live Music Capital Of the World”, the rent was cheap …

Have you noticed all the buff CEOs lately? So when did the C-Suite discover bodybuilding? The thing is, none of it is random. It is …

There’s this recent New Yorker video about hardcore coffee nerds. A nerd, basically, is someone who is interested in things far more than the average person. …

  A few years after my mother died, I took my father to Las Vegas. I’d been booked for a keynote performance there and thought …

In the last year, there have been two books that have really excited us. Rory Sutherland’s “Alchemy” and Matt Ridley’s “How Innovation Works”. Both are great reads. Both …

This Bloomberg article gave us pause: The USA has slipped out of the Top Ten Most Innovative Countries. That’s right. America’s being surpassed by the Swedes, …

  Another year, another massively expensive spectacle in which companies paid a reported $5.5 million for a 30-second spot in the Super Bowl — on top of …

Welsh denim entrepreneur David Hieatt recently tweeted this: “Being an entrepreneur is one of the most effective personal development programs you can ever take.” BAM!!! Ain’t that the …

The great marketing blogger (and College Professor) Mark Ritson had a superb piece in Marketing Week about how, contrary to all the hotshots that give keynotes at marketing conferences, …

  Back in 1969, Kenneth Clarke presented the seminal BBC TV series. “Civilization”. It was a big deal at the time. It’s probably the most influential arts …

The Roman Civil war came to a climax when Julius Caesar defeated Pompey The Great at The Battle of Pharsalus. On paper, Pompey should’ve won the …