Erik Foley

There is a version of the old light bulb joke that goes like this: "How many narcissists does it take to change a light bulb?" "Just one. They hold the bulb and the whole world revolves around them." The lonely narcissist, waiting for the world to

The holy books tell us to love one another to keep our eyes "on things above" and to put others' needs above our own. The business books don't say such things. They say that business is "war without bullets" and that love makes

It's late fall in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States When people at the office talk about the weekend, we all include the words: "good weather" "Can't complain," says a colleague, "about wearing shorts in October!" I nod my

Undigested information. Clogged thoughts. Bloated brain. You can see it in the eyes exposed to too many words, images, memes, videos: distant, distressed, and drained. You just went to the all-you-can-eat giga shop known as the World Wide Web or drank mightily of the social media fountain. There is too

In today's corporate world, sustainability materiality assessments have achieved an almost untouchable reverence, akin to a sacred ritual whose importance is rarely, if ever, questioned. However, it’s time we scrutinize this concept and its prevalent methodology. Doctor Appointment as Materiality Assessment Consider this analogy: Imagine visiting your

Some of my first lessons in business and economics came from subsistence fishermen and farmers in different places of the world. One such teacher was an Alutiiq elder in Alaska. Chenega Bay is on an island in Prince William Sound. You land on a narrow strip of dirt and the