To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here When Paul O’Neill was introduced in 1987 as the new CEO of Alcoa, the world’s largest producer of aluminum, market expectations plummeted. O’Neill, after all, was a former government bureaucrat, little more than an obscure policy wonk. He knew next to nothing about the aluminum business. Expectations sank even lower when he took… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Is it easier to break an old habit or start a new one? It isn’t even close. Research and experience demonstrate that it’s far more difficult to give up something we’re used to doing than to try something new. Human brains are wired to remember habitual behaviors – and that includes… Read more »
What’s wrong with this picture? An adult Reed Warbler is feeding a humungous chick that is straddling the entirety of the tiny warbler nest. That’s because the chick isn’t a Reed Warbler. It’s a Common Cuckoo, a European species known for its “brood parasite strategy.” To put it another way, cuckoos are squatters. They force other birds to raise their… Read more »
