Democracy

When political and social issues touch business and the workplace, employees and their leaders sometimes struggle to address those issues productively...

Platforms profit from the extreme voices and conspiracy theories that their algorithms amplify. It’s time for U.S. regulations to reckon with that.

Modern telecommunications makes as big a difference to the Third-World poor as literacy or high-yield agriculture.

Why free markets need free politics

Some ways your company can improve the system without being partisan.

Is every democracy destined for the problems of Greece? In writing Passion & Purpose, my coauthors and I heard a lot about the traits and aspirations of the next generation of leaders. But we also heard a great deal about their concerns. A key anxiety is debt. Not just student loan debt or credit card […]

Three actions leaders can take to promote honest discourse and healthy civic engagement.

Dissolve corporate PACs, end lobbying, and advocate for legislative reform.

Five years after the Business Roundtable’s call for companies to pursue more than just profit, enthusiasm has dwindled. Here’s why they should recommit.

I'm in India now, and have been in China a couple of times recently. One can't help compare the two societies in terms of their likelihood of dominating...

Extensive research has shown: right- and left-wing populists both lead to lower stock returns and higher inflation. Here's why - and what businesses can...

This post is based on the new book, Greater Good: How Good Marketing Makes For Better Democracy, by John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz, now available...

Lessons from the front lines

Belle Epoque elitism is back.

Cynical observers have always been fond of pointing out that business leaders who extol the virtues of democracy on ceremonial occasions would be the last to think of applying them to their own organizations. To the extent that this is true, however, it reflects a state of mind that is by no means peculiar to […]