Global leadership is a huge concept. How does one even start to ‘lead the globe?’ Furthermore, what does being a global leader entail and why does it matter? We’re talking leadership beyond school walls, far past your neighborhood, out of your state, and even out of...
In the 15 years since Thomas Friedman declared that the world is flat, the forces he described have only grown stronger. Technology has improved. Businesses have outsourced, insourced, and offshored countless jobs. Distances have shrunk, psychologically if not...
Growing up in Hong Kong was a wonderfully diverse experience. With Hong Kong being a trading port, my international school had native Hong Konger students like myself; children of businessmen who were in the city for just a few years or children of immigrants from...
You can see it coming. They are slumped down in their chairs, staring at their desk, trying to make themselves as small and inconspicuous as possible. Anything to avoid being called upon. Then you call their name and they slowly make their way to the front...
Several years ago, a photo of a group of school children staring at their mobile phones went viral. By itself, a picture of kids with cell phones is nothing unusual. What made this photo special was that the dozen students staring at screens were sitting in front of...
