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March 6, 2026

Let Your Kid Win

I was visiting my granddaughter, Mira, who is two yearsold. Her parents, Mira, and I went to the beach. After a while, we wanted to go back to the car. Mira started screaming. She wanted to stay at the beach.

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February 27, 2026

Why Democracies Are Failing: A Systems Problem

Healthy systems are both effective and efficient, in the short run and the long run. To achieve this balance, all four PAEI functions must be performed well.

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February 20, 2026

The Faults of Leadership Education

Leadership education prioritizes theoretical decision-making but neglects the "mechanics and politics" of implementation. By favoring individual excellence over complementary teams and organizational structure, it leaves leaders ill-equipped for modern execution. Future development must emphasize empathy and internal integration.

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February 13, 2026

Fanatics Who Want to Save the World—and Destroy It Instead

Three perceptions drive decision making. What we want, what we believe we should do, and the reality facing us, the is.

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February 6, 2026

About Mutual Trust and Respect

In some languages, the expression is “mutual trust and respect,” with trust ahead of respect. In other languages it is “respect and trust”—the reverse order. What should it be?

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January 30, 2026

The Traps of DevelopING Nations

The PAEI model helps explain why developing nations are stuck in their development.Through my field research, I discovered these four PAEI functions must be performed if a organic system, person, family, company or country, is to be healthy. I call them managerial roles:

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