Leading by example, "Empire Builder" is an incisive guide for building and selling profitable businesses. Adam E. Coffey’s business guide "Empire Builder" advises ambitious entrepreneurs on building a billion-dollar company. Geared... Read More

Vincent Stanley and Yvon Chouinard’s book "The Future of the Responsible Company" reflects on the first fifty years of the outdoor retailer Patagonia. Co-written by the company’s founder, the book looks at the purpose-driven... Read More

"Remote Not Distant" envisions a new kind of workplace wherein employees have more freedom, and are more productive, collaborative, and innovative, than ever before. Gustavo Razzetti’s business guide "Remote Not Distant" is about... Read More

As many as 90 percent of us will experience at least one serious traumatic event during our lives, report Stephen Southwick and Dennis Charney in Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges. These can range from... Read More

The author’s youngest son, Joel, thinks he is God. As God, “J” doesn’t need to eat, protect himself from Minnesota winters, or take his prescribed medication. J was diagnosed with schizophrenia in college, and since then, his... Read More

Dr. Brammar takes a dim view of certain improvement paradigms like Lean Manufacturing which promise miracle savings through little more than streamlining work stations or production lines. If every second of waste is cut from the making... Read More

The number of children who are overweight is growing at epidemic proportions, according to the Center for Disease Control. The percentage of school-aged kids who are overweight more than tripled from 1974 to 2004, and many of those kids... Read More