Started the 15th of January from Budapest, arrived in Bamako, Mali on the 30th. Drove over 9000 km on highways and motorways; on sand on the beach and in the desert; off road, as well as on some of the most horrible roads you can imagine. We even drove on a minefield! Met with 500...
Travelled 30% of the world, met about (oh my, It’s hard to estimate) 20,000 people personally (and 100,000 in meetings, lectures, presentations), ate and drank technically the holiest crap, and a couple of thousand euro worth of whiskey and cognac, and most precious food. Slept on a beach and in the most luxurious hotels of...
During this summer in New York while participating in the UN Summit, I began to realize that I probably am a Samurai. Having read Petri Niskanen’s book Business Bushido / Seven Values of Leadership, I am even more certain. It only took a few hours to read this book written by a Past JCI World...
This year one very un-fashion icon looking lady, Elinor Ostrom, shared in the Nobel Prize for Economics. “The central theme of Ostrom’s work (she is the first woman to receive the Nobel prize in economics),is the governance of ’common resource pools’ such as pastures, fisheries or forests to which more than one person has access....
Well, it depends on whether you want to stuff your pocket, but generally not. During my years of involvement in non profit management I have learned a lot. I have learned how to appreciate committed and motivated people’s work, and have seen how the outside world just simply does not understand the enthusiasm and dedication...
My colleague has just started her MBA studies. One of her first assignment was to ask some heavy question from co-workers like: What does it take to be an effective leader? Well, here is my anwer. An effective leader has to be effective at leading him/her self. First and foremost. If a leader is not...
You turn on the television, read a newspaper, or maintain a simple conversation with your dad your mom or with your friends, one of the first words that comes up is „crisis”. (Sometimes in capital letters, often preceded by the word „the”. This issue seems to come up anywhere, anytime with anyone. Maybe some scientists...
