The World Wars

The significance of the two World Wars tends to get lost as time passes. Historically speaking both are important because they each authored a dramatic change in international relationships. Our significant take is that businesses, too, have a history to draw on and...

The CEO and Science

The CEO has to keep an eye on the future, that is, be aware of what is happening now in the world, and where it is leading. This is true not only within the CEO’s business realm, the political realm, but also in the development realm, which we will call science. The...

The World’s Economic Mess

For the past few years, I have been the recipient of wise words from clever economists about Canada’s and the world’s economies. The trouble is, year after year, a robust return to economic good times that had been forecast (because all the traditional indicators said...

The Fantasy of Gold

Among our teachings at CCCC is that emotions trump logic, and nowhere is this more true than in the arena of finance. Stock markets frequently go up and down depending on the mood of people or their level of confidence in the economy. For example today, people lack...

From Little Acorns grow Great Oaks

I have been fortunate enough to be involved in numerous start-ups and in all cases, at the time of the modest beginnings and the enormous dreams, there was constant doubt by the founders. The disturbing story, however, is the doubt of ‘great certainty’ by...