First of all, I want to wish everyone a fantastic Father’s Day, a day to celebrate all of the living Dads, as well as the Dads no longer with us. It is a great day for reflection and giving thanks for both today and the past. This Father’s Day (this past Sunday, June 17th), my family and I had a
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I usually avoid getting into political discussions because the extreme partisan positions of many people make it almost impossible to have a truly BALANCED discussion. Values-based leaders truly need to understand all sides of the story. I strongly believe the words of St. Francis who taught us to “seek to understand before we are understood.” However, since I spend so
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I love teaching at Northwestern Kellogg, and I must say, there is never a dull moment. There are always a million things going on. The challenge is figuring out where to go and when! My students apparently even have a term for it: FOMO — Fear of Missing Out! Here’s just a few recent activities: The Northwestern School of Communication’s
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One of the many reasons I love teaching is I realize that until I can explain something clearly to a bright group of people, I really don’t understand it as well as I think I do. Also, I love the questions students ask because they force me to really make things clear to them and myself. A few weeks ago
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As many of you know, one of the best examples of values-based leadership and truly making a difference in the world is the One Acre Fund (OAF) founded by several Kellogg alums in 2006! In a little more than 10 years, Andrew Youn, Matt Forti, and their team (currently more than 2,000 members) have doubled, tripled or quadrupled the annual
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I always focus on my second principle of BALANCE when discussing any issue…..that is “take the time to understand all sides of the issue,” or as St. Francis stated, “Seek to understand before you are understood.” As a result, when I am having a debate with someone, I try to never say, “I don’t understand” because that seems ignorant. I
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Hi Everyone, After a lot of great events in Shanghai, I headed to Beijing for two days. I was fortunate to have Julie join me (her first trip to China). Our good friend Helen He took us to the Great Wall and also to the Forbidden City in Beijing. You really have to see the Great Wall to believe it….the
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