“Getting out of the box” is not the same thing as “thinking outside of the box.” At least not at Zagrum, a highly successful company with a mysterious initiation meeting for all new employees. Tom Callum soon learns that he has a problem—a problem that he was completely unaware of. But he isn’t alone. “Of [...]

The best Italian food I ever ate was in Mexico. It was during a power outage, a rain storm, and a traffic jam. When the power went out in the restaurant they didn’t kick everyone out. Instead the waiter carried on like it happened every day. Perhaps it did. My friend Ben and I sat [...]

It has taken me a while but I’m starting to learn that whenever I think everything is hunky-dory in the world, I should check with my wife, because it is probably not. That whole Mars and Venus thing – with women speaking a different language than men – my wife tried to explain it to [...]