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The unfortunate demise of well-respected Lowell Hawthorne, founder and CEO of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill, spawned numerous and various debates on the motivation behind his actions. The circumstances, whatever they may have been, have left his family and close friends in despair — sincerest condolences to them...
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The last 10 years, particularly the recent 18 months, featured unprecedented world events — political surprises, economic shocks, and revolutionary technologies to name a view — and considerable uncertainty. Our interconnected world means that global uncertainties have increasingly local ramifications; and the question is how do firms make effective...
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According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ocean acidification is the reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time. This is caused primarily by the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the Earth’s atmosphere. The ocean is one of the Earth’s largest...
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Music has, from the dawn of the history of the human race, been a constant source of motivation. From the early drums made of hollowed logs; stretched animal skins; stringed sounds from vines or animal intestines; to pianos and pipe organs; guitars; brass and wood wind; amplified synthesizers; and...
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Most people think passion, purpose, and prosperity are things you find and then create, but that’s not true. Passion is the result of the care and excellence you choose to put into the things. I used to think that passion and purpose were things you found and then could...
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What is your grit level? Do you consider the power of passion and perseverance a critical factor that could determine your ability to forge ahead, stay on track and achieve the targets you have set? In a 2013 TEDx Talk, Angela Lee Duckworth shared her interesting career shifts, the...
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The question of professionalism in high school sports (both girls and boys) has been around from the 1960s and has also been a very hot topic for the past 30 years. This followed on the heels of whether or not the Olympic Games should continue to ban professional participants....
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The concept of growth in an advanced heavy industrial production based society in the new millennium has a pronounced leaning towards high-speed automatic machines and robotics. In those societies, even the concept of distribution embraces automation, and in shipping, the discipline of mechatronics has enabled the mega-carriers of cargo...
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In a recent discussion I was struck by how much, regardless of the differences in the source of our information, many of us across the generations are concerned about the not-enough-discussed rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the implications for all facets of human existence. As a child...
According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ocean acidification is the reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time. This is caused primarily by the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the Earth’s atmosphere. The ocean is one of the Earth’s largest...
Music has, from the dawn of the history of the human race, been a constant source of motivation. From the early drums made of hollowed logs; stretched animal skins; stringed sounds from vines or animal intestines; to pianos and pipe organs; guitars; brass and wood wind; amplified synthesizers; and...
Most people think passion, purpose, and prosperity are things you find and then create, but that’s not true. Passion is the result of the care and excellence you choose to put into the things. I used to think that passion and purpose were things you found and then could...
What is your grit level? Do you consider the power of passion and perseverance a critical factor that could determine your ability to forge ahead, stay on track and achieve the targets you have set? In a 2013 TEDx Talk, Angela Lee Duckworth shared her interesting career shifts, the...
The question of professionalism in high school sports (both girls and boys) has been around from the 1960s and has also been a very hot topic for the past 30 years. This followed on the heels of whether or not the Olympic Games should continue to ban professional participants....
The concept of growth in an advanced heavy industrial production based society in the new millennium has a pronounced leaning towards high-speed automatic machines and robotics. In those societies, even the concept of distribution embraces automation, and in shipping, the discipline of mechatronics has enabled the mega-carriers of cargo...
In a recent discussion I was struck by how much, regardless of the differences in the source of our information, many of us across the generations are concerned about the not-enough-discussed rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the implications for all facets of human existence. As a child...