A tall, thin man in his late fifties approached me after my closing keynote for a manufacturing association conference on how manufacturing leaders can avoid business disasters. He looked distraught and agitated. I hoped he wasn’t angry with something I said.  Mark introduced himself and asked me to tell him...

Science has been a part of human civilization long before the appearance of Christianity. All civilizations across the globe, regardless of whether they could communicate with each other or not, developed methods to explain the physical phenomena that surrounded their lives. The invention of religion was not enough to convince...

The so-called ''Tragedy of the commons'' is a general concept that describes how each individual has different personal interests that may be opposite to the interests of a group. Here, we do not talk about how people disagree, we talk about each person has to collide with a whole group...

Humans have been blessed with the gift of rational thinking and the ability to make assumptions and conclusions. The observation did not only help us survive but also allowed us to evolve. Today we will see how people copied nature and how they have worked on their own ideas as...

The concept of numbers, even as a counting tool, was born much older than any other element in the world of mathematics. This constantly evolving whole has been the foundation stone for every other discovery that has arisen later in the history of the sciences. The inherent need for man...

Weight loss was not always an issue. Having a look at how the market has evolved throughout the years we can also have a clue about society's needs and the changes across human history. The wonderful example of running machines and how they used to work in the past gives...

According to the tradition, many years ago there were three monks that used to live in China. The monks were good friends and were inseparable. Their names are not known because they never revealed them to anyone. In fact, the monks never spoke to anyone else. They only talked with...

Trying to succeed, trying to be happy, and trying to be peaceful are three different things. As we get old all we want is to be able to remain calm throughout the day. To do that one has to follow three plain rules that will allow them to sleep nice...

Life is an exciting combination of thinking and feeling. As we move on we learn and love and these two situations are present every time we decide to be open and live. To experience and understand life we have to know the rules that govern our small world. How will...