Year: 2011

2011 – Wine Review – Top 20 and One

In 2011 I have had the pleasure of enjoying some great bottles of wine. Below are my top 20 (and 1). While it is hard, if not, impossible to rank these bottles. I would have to say the top 10 (and 1) were: 1979 Château Pouget, France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux 1979 Chanson Père et Fils […]

Wrap-Up – First Semester as Director of the Metropolitan Institute

I have wrapped up my first semester as the Director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. See here for my report on the major accomplishments from the first semester. It has been a busy four months, a lot has been accomplished, but a lot more work lies ahead of us. For now, I will […]

Reflecting on a Career – A Manager of Managers

Playing football has taught me a lot beyond the pitch. It has provided me a framework by which to assemble a team, lead a group of players, deal with adversity, and win. Sir Alex Ferguson, in particular, is a manager, leader, coach, and visionary who inspires my approach to building organizations. He recently completed 25 […]

Reflecting on Questions: Are you a Professional?

As the year wraps up, I have been taking time to relax, reflect, and plan for 2012. I have been always intrigued by the questions we ask ourselves when we reflect. Questions, and our ability to engaging in the questioning process, both introspectively and with others, is critical for the development of our cognitive, emotional, […]

Investigative Journalism

Over the next few months, I will be working with a team of researchers, graduate students, and practitioners to study the resiliency of local networks to crises (and catastrophic disasters) using a journalistic lens. Through interviewing subjects, we hope to collect a series of videos that can be used for traditional research analysis, but can […]

Research Award by the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana

Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana awarded my co-authored paper the runner-up prize for the the best scientific journal article at the annual research achievements event. The paper is co-authored with Miha Škerlavaj(University of Ljubljana) and Vlado Dimovski (University of Ljubljana) and examines network-based learning in organizations.  I hold a visiting professorship at the University of Ljubljana. Škerlavaj, […]

Intrapreneurship Book Released Today

My book, Intrapreneurship: Managing Ideas within Your Organization (University of Toronto Press, 2011) was released today. See below for the jacket cover.           You can order the book from the University of Toronto Press or any bookseller (e.g. Amazon.com)

Metropolitan Institute Partnership with German Marshall Fund Awarded $2.5 million Grant

Christmas came early for us at the Metropolitan Institute!  We were recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD chose the  German Marshall Fund (GMF) partnership as the recipient of the $2.5 million award to manage the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) fellowship program. GMF’s Urban and Regional Policy Program leads a partnership […]