Sengupta: Measure your company’s impact score
By Sumantra Sengupta A few years back, I was fortunate to attend a multiday World Economic Forum meeting in Tianjin, China, where a majority of the discussions centered on the topic of business impact and societal change. It was not a rehash of the standard discussions around sustainability, nor was it a corporate earnings/greed-bashing session. Read More →
Golik: Support the small businesses of the Central Coast
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Richards: Cultural intelligence helps in negotiations
By Judith Richards I have taught a “Negotiation and Conflict Management” class created for the California Lutheran University MBA program for the last 11 years. For the last few years, a version of this course customized for the Executive MBA program has been taught locally and in Austria. The curriculum includes cross-cultural role-playing with domestic Read More →
Bechtel: Ventura County residents stand together
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Apfelthaler: Global trade is still a hot button issue
By Gerhard Apfelthaler If you picked up a copy of the Wall Street Journal on Oct. 21, chances are that you noticed that global trade was front and center. Kristalina Georgieva, the new head of the International Monetary Fund, linked sluggish global economic growth to escalating trade wars; the Index of Global Economic Policy Uncertainty Read More →
Ethics can bring back trust in government
By Sabith Khan A recent study by Pew Research showed just 17 percent of Americans trust the federal government to do the right thing. Let’s pause and think about what that means for the world’s oldest democracy. Let’s also reflect on how this fact deters people — young and old — from participating in public Read More →
Bland: Craft brewers must develop the right infrastructure
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