Close on the heels of President Elbegdorj gushing after his view of its floor, Lake Baikal stands in danger of losing its World Heritage Site status, because of concerns over pollution by a pulp and paper mill. That would certainly be a shameful reflection on how we...

As I sit down to write this,  Naadam is round the corner, and the FIFA World Cup is at the tantalising semi-final stage. I hope I shall be forgiven for being a little “playful” myself and taking liberties with the format even though I start with something more in keeping with...

Let us leave business for a while, and go to the other half of what this column is about: life. That is the only seemly thing to do in these glorious days, when spring slowly and inevitably seeps into summer, and one marvels and finds solace in the timeless repetitions of nature. Renewal is...

The news of C.K.Prahalad’s death came just when this journal was going to press last month, so my tribute to him has had to wait. Newspaper obituaries of one of the world’s most influential management thinkers have referred to how “over the last three decades he launched...