The proceeding expands upon Making the Ask, Part 1: The Key to Entrepreneurial Success, which introduces the importance of the effectual ask to entrepreneurship. As Steve Jobs recalled in a 1994 interview, when he was 12 years old he asked Bill Hewlett, cofounder of the tech giant HP, for spare parts to build a frequency counter. Jobs didn’t know Hewlett personally, but he found his number... CONTINUE READING

The Earth is in trouble. The existential threat posed by a changing climate and environmental “unsustainability” is leading to dire predictions about the future of its land, its sea and its people. The impact could be enormous, as significant as any war or plague; in fact, wars and plagues may be direct outcomes from climate change and environmental degradation. The Usual Suspects So,... CONTINUE READING

You can’t always get what you want, but if you ask, you just might get what you need. Seasoned entrepreneurs seem to know this intuitively, and according to new research from Darden, they get what they need because they live by the mantra “Always be asking.” Professor Saras Sarasvathy, a renowned scholar of entrepreneurship at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, has... CONTINUE READING

A few decades back, important business people would have secretaries to type for them. Then the innovators of their day realized it was more effective just to do their own typing, particularly with the advent of computers and digital. Every year, more Darden MBAs are joining what you’d generally call “technology companies” for reasons that are probably pretty obvious to you if you read... CONTINUE READING

A commonly held belief in the corporate world is that most organizations as operated today will be unsustainable in a world of ever-advancing smart technology. To remain viable, most organizations will have to achieve not only higher-level technological capabilities, but also higher-level human cognitive and emotional performance. To do that organizations will have to overcome challenges at... CONTINUE READING

On 12 April 2018, two men were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia. The men were black and had refused to make a purchase, instead sitting at a table. After refusing to leave, they were arrested on suspicion of trespassing, and video shows the man who later attempted to join them for a meeting asking police what it was the men did to warrant the handcuffs, as well as calling the incident... CONTINUE READING