A bit late coming, but here it is: I am now working full-time as VP, Communications & Marketing at Orchestrall, Inc. It’s an exciting new company, and for me a thrilling opportunity to help build something from the ground up — something that promises to bring the U.S. and China closer, which if you’ve followed [...]
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Rebranding and repurposing
My apologies to one and all for being absent for so long. I’ve been in a significant professional transition for a while now, which will continue through the Holidays. Early in the New Year I’ll have more about what’s coming next.
Meanwhile Happy Holidays to all who celebrate them!
Brief hiatus
Tomorrow I head to China for some consulting work. I’m hoping to have the chance to post but I may not. If I don’t, then I’ll resume posting the week of November 2nd.
Until then…
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Recta-fication...
A recent post on Dan Harris's China Law Blog referred back to a 2008 post [read more]
Fish poop...
Back from a week of consulting in China. The organization is a new company looking [read more]
Two quotes...
In earlier posts I've quoted from Jack Perkowski's Managing the Dragon: How I'm Building a [read more]
The blind pursuit of happiness...
When doing business in China, sometimes the most "obvious" things can trip us up the [read more]
Leveraging goodwill...
Over Labor Day weekend I got together with an old friend — a fellow I [read more]
Goodwill hoarding...
In some earlier posts on the business of culture, I've referred to three precious resources [read more]
Assume nothing...
I was thinking about the qualities of the culture-savvy leader as I read this piece [read more]
The Culture-Savvy Leader: Resource-minde...
Any leader needs to be mindful of resources. Leaders are often evaluated on how they [read more]
The Culture-Savvy Leader: Equanimity...
In any organizational setting, leaders are best off keeping their cool and avoiding big swings [read more]
The Culture-Savvy Leader: Empathy...
If curiosity and humility are “head” qualities of the culture-savvy leader, empathy is all about [read more]
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