Whether you’re making custom furniture or building hotels, when you ask people the secret to success in business, there are two schools of thought. On the one hand, you’re given this advice: Pick one thing that you understand, that you’re good at, and specialize in that. And then there’s the other school of thought. It says, because…

In Louisiana alligators are everywhere. From Bourbon Street T-shirts to bowls of rice and sauce piquant in Lafayette. Although the alligator isn’t the official emblem of the state, if you own a car in Louisiana, there’s a good chance you’re driving around with a license plate that says, “Sportsman’s Paradise.” What’s that got do with…

The women’s movement has been striving to define the place of women in the workplace, and in society in general, since the 1960’s. Although there have been some major turning points over the past half century, the era we’re in now may turn out to be one of the most significant and long lasting. In…

There was a time in New Orleans, that if you told someone you were moving into your new office, it was probably in Houston. Or Atlanta. In the 1990’s, whole office buildings in New Orleans were empty. Leasing companies were in a reverse-bidding war – under-selling each other to attract tenants. A significant number of…