(Part 1 of 2) Institutional procrastination has kept the education sector globally from making long overdue changes to keep up with the ways of our evolving world. …

(Originally published in MARKETING Magazine — June 2004) I admit it. I’m an on-line shopper. That’s right, I’m the 2% of the population that the research companies claim buy items through the Internet regularly. In fact, in the name of research I’ve bought an awful lot of things through the…

The old adage goes: “How can you tell if a politician is lying? Answer: Their lips are moving.” While countless politicians in every country around the world have told their own versions of “The Truth,” there is a huge difference between making false campaign promises/accusations and standing up at your…

The below article is reprinted in full with permission from The Record, Sunday April 19, 2015. ______________________________ Jay Shapiro runs a global business out of his Glen Rock, NJ home. AppMakr is a do-it-yourself app company with some 60 freelance employees based on six continents, all of whom work together…

The World Economic Forum in Davos is not usually a place for big surprises. The stodgy ski retreat for the who’s who is typically for hob knobbing and back-room trade negotiations. But this year, at a panel of Annual Meeting on January 22, the rival leaders of both Google and…