Standing on the deck of a ship screaming, “We need to go to the left! If we continue sailing to the right, we will hit an iceberg and sink,” will not help make the ship change direction. The ship will continue going right—even if most of the travelers on that ship are the ones screaming.

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Israel is in danger of being wiped off the map. If not now, then eventually. It cannot continue fighting the Palestinians indefinitely. The Palestinians can lose many wars. Israel can lose only one, and it will be its last.

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International Academy of Management Centennial Meeting, Prague, November 22, 2024. A Manifesto

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I speak fifteenth-century Spanish, known as Judeo-Español or Spanjolit, a language I learned from my grandmother. She didn’t know any other language. Up until the Holocaust, we lived in a Jewish ghetto where everyone spoke Judeo-Español.

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When faced with a difficult decision, we often isolate ourselves to think it through and reach a conclusion. Sometimes, we act on that decision. Other times, we put it on the back burner and leave it unresolved.

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One of my mistakes in life was opening a high-class, sit-down restaurant. I had consulted for many restaurant chains over the years, and I thought I knew how to run a restaurant. I wanted one with Turkish food, which I love, especially since there were no Turkish restaurants in Santa Barbara, where I reside.

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