The last chapter in my book “Beyond Price” focuses on culture change as a key mechanism for realizing the growth potential of new business models. Business model specialist Patrick Stahler also emphasizes values and the culture they create. Chicago-area’s Tasty Catering provides an excellent demonstration of our arguments. Tasty Catering has an ambitious goal: being [...]

I did not see my name on the Hertz’s Gold Car screen at Washington, DC’s Reagan International Airport on Saturday morning, the day before Mother’s Day. Securing a car quickly was one of the linchpins of my 950-miles-in-a-morning trip that I needed to make in order to catch my godson’s exhibit at Maryland College of [...]

I used to love Meet the Press, the Sunday morning TV show where I’d gain new insights into a pressing public issue. Today the show feels more like a platform for propaganda from different sides of the political debate. For example, when guest Rachael Maddow tried to dig into the “fundamental disagreement about the facts” [...]