Archive for December, 2010

NYC snow chaos

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Travelers going through New York City these days are experiencing similar disruptions due to excessive snow falls caused by a blizzard like many travelers in Europe a week ago. New York’s airports shut down and cancelled hundreds of flights, railroad companies switched to weekend or holiday schedules and driving became a nightmare as snowplows struggled [...]

China’s Strategists

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

A leader leads by example not by force.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
- Sun Tzu
With Sun Tzu being one of the most famous, China has been blessed with numerous outstanding strategists in influential positions.
Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War, was an ancient Chinese philosopher and strategist who lived several centuries BC. Many of [...]

the recent travel chaos in Europe and climate change

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Like tens of thousands of travellers across Europe, I got stuck at Berlin’s Tegel airport (TXL) for more than 10 hours on my way from Miami to Munich, Germany just a few days ago. Leaving Miami on a sunny day with temperatures well above 70 degrees, I arrived in Berlin about 9.5 hours later, hoping to make [...]