What is a good (ethical) business?

Listen to this four minute clip on the difference between an ethical and unethical business, and most importantly what I think the biggest differentiator is.  Spoiler:  it is having people unafraid to have values[based conversations, which are scary, and emotionally challenging but essential if ethical norms are to be followed.

How do you create an ethical culture? Storytelling at Shell, BP, and Microsoft

Business Ethics Review of 2016: Wells Fargo, AI, and Pharmaceutical Price Gouging

At our review of the biggest business ethics disasters of 2016, we talked about Wells Fargo, AI, and Big Pharma.  The audience asked some great questions, about GREED being a motivator, and about neuroscience and its relationship to ethics.  Here are some of my answers.  In this 3m clip you will find a taste of […]

What is Post Truth: Populism, Nationalism, and Alternative Facts

I had the privilege of moderating a panel of experts on Wells Fargo, Big Pharma, and AI at the Institute for Enterprise Ethics – I started with the challenge to expertise that post-truth represents.  

Too Busy To Meditate? This May Get You Started

In this beautiful five-minute clip, Martin Boroson suggests not only that one-minute meditation is a way to bootstrap into longer, but even better! He suggests that having a one-minute practice means we do it much more often, and eventually become able to practice becoming present in an instant.

How do you create an ethical business culture? Storytelling at Shell, BP, and Microsoft

Creating an ethical culture in your business You cannot create a good enough ethical mousetrap – humans are vastly creative (even at fraud). The mishaps at LIBOR, VW, 2008 financial crisis, Deepwater Horizon, Wells Fargo all happened at businesses which had multiple layers of controls. So what can you do? Create an ethical culture – […]

What makes a business “good” (in the ethical sense)? Fearless conversations about values

Is ethical business, good business? When you talk about a person being good, you mean more than they follow the law. Yet some people think following the law is all that is required of business – notably Milton Friedman who won a Nobel Prize. It is clearly a nonsense idea – Friedman was a good […]

Will Technology Deliver a Bright Future?

Peter Diamandis spoke at The Government Summit in the United Arab Emirates about what the world would be like in 2050, and the technologies that will lead to a world of abundance.  

FIFA, LIBOR, and Volkswagen Ethics Scandals in 2016

Video:  How did the worlds most important interest rate, largest car manufacturer, and largest sports organization become corrupted by billion-dollar scandals?  What happened? How could the mishaps have been avoided? What are the lessons for business leaders?  

Change Agility: Creating Growth Cultures

Video: Why do organizations, it seems, resist change?  What does an agile organization look like?  What are the levers leaders can pull to great agile, growth cultures?