I saw it in Denu, Ghana… and in Zuccotti Park, lower Manhattan… and it quite possibly could be the future of Leadership. Read more

This Saturday, I leave for Ghana. This will be my first time in Africa. Along with a friend and colleague, Emily Silver, I will be dropping in on the inaugural PepsiCorps team as they go about their Clean Water projects on the southeastern coast bordering Togo. Read more

My boss and I decided not to go to work last Friday. Instead, we joined Lynda Costa, president of EnAble, PepsiCo’s employee advocacy group for people with disabilities (PWD), in heading to Columbia University’s business school where we saw Rich Donovan, Columbia Business School Class of 2002. Rich is visibly disabled due to cerebral palsy, but cracks jokes about the rest of us “normal-ites” being just temporarily able. He offers generally wise counsel on how companies can see good returns on investments in serving the disabled. Read more

Last week I received a new assignment at work–director of foresight for the Global Beverage Group here at PepsiCo. Sharing this news with people, I’ve received reactions like, “that’s exciting,” “wow!” cool,” “ooouuh,” and other interesting words/noises. Read more