I heard this story on the radio yesterday, and I didn't think I heard correctly, so I Googled it when I got home, and yes, it's true, and unbelievable. A man in Italy is suing his wife over her lack of cleaning and cooking, which he says has been going for over two years.  (I … Continue reading Crazy, but True →

Dennis Rodman was the special guest; that says a lot right there. So does one of the few rules of the competition: "if you heave you leave". Philadelphia had its 24th annual Wing Bowl competition yesterday, and the winner, 5'7", 120 pound Molly Schuyler ate 429 wings in 30 minutes. That is the equivalent of … Continue reading Sodom and Gomorrah in a Cup →

New York City public elementary and middle schools recently undertook a study to assess the impact of installing water jets (electrically cooled, large clear jugs with a push lever for fast dispensing) on student health outcomes, and the results were quite encouraging. The study found statistically significant decreases in student BMI measures and in the … Continue reading If You Install It, They Will Use It →

The New York Times had a great article today on Bob Carmichael; to say Carmichael loved football would have been an understatement. Carmichael played Division 1 football at University of Colorado in the 1960s until he suffered a career ending knee injury. He then went on to work at NFL Films, where he got to see and … Continue reading A Culture of Violence →

The Wall Street Journal had a story today about a course offered at Columbia Business School that features Dr. Deepak Chopra as a co-instructor. The course is titled "Just Capital & Cause-Driven Marketing", and is a three day course hopes to teach the M.B.A.s how to design and market ventures that both make money and … Continue reading Balancing the “Fluff” with the “Tough” →

Quick - name the first CEO that comes to mind. Maybe it's because of what I do for a living - teach business - but such a challenge is second nature to me. But apparently I am in the minority. A new survey, conducted by Edelman, of the general public in 10 large countries found that almost … Continue reading Buffett, and Bezos, and Cook, Oh My! →

This past week we had to put our dog Butters to sleep, and the love and care offered by the people at Banfield Pet Hospital could not have been more generous. Everyone, from the cashier, to the vet, to the assistants, expressed their sympathy for our loss. While the vet was explaining the process to us, … Continue reading Thank You Banfield Pet Hospital →

Imagine being at a dinner party with eight people at the table speaking eight different languages, and the voice in your ear will always be whispering the one language you want to hear. Alec Ross, the author of “The Industries of the Future", predicts that everyone will soon be able to converse in dozens of foreign … Continue reading Using Technology to Master the Tower of Babel →

The above headline is fictional, but we could start to see such announcements in the future. A coalition of employers and insurers, dubbed the Health Metrics Working Group, has been meeting for more than a year to figure out how to collect, interpret and report the health of their workforce. Such a report could give a … Continue reading Facebook Announces That the Average BMI of Its Employees Is 30; Stock Drops by 8% →