It is with no little trepidation that I wade into this potentially explosive subject during the early innings of Trump II. TL;DR:  It remains in the long-run interest of companies to foster a talented and diverse workforce. I have long believed that there are two principal reasons to support a diverse workforce. First, it is Read More

There is a fierce debate in Washington policy circles and on Wall Street these days as to whether the tariffs President Trump is so eager to impose on foes and allies alike will be inflationary. There is also an ongoing question as to what Trump seeks to achieve: Bargaining leverage for some unrelated goal (eg Read More

Axios reports that the White House is barring the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One over the AP’s refusal to obey President Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. See https://www.axios.com/2025/02/17/trump-ap-gulf-america-mexico. I’m proud to report that my former colleagues at Reuters have maintained a similar Read More

If I needed any reminder of the stakes in this upcoming presidential election, this weekend’s 40th anniversary reunion of my law school class provided the wake up call.  It also provided a not so gentle reminder that I am getting older. Predictably, the 2024 election was a topic of significant discussion.  It will come as Read More

I write just past the mid-point of 2024 — an important election year in several of the world’s major democracies. We know the results of the Indian and British elections; we half-know the results in France; and we may not know for some time the eventual candidates in the US. Politics is a nasty business Read More

I am regularly asked to speak on various corporate governance topics.  Perhaps this is not surprising since I have sat on public company boards in the US, Canada, France and England and multiple private company and charitable boards.  Add to this three years of law school, 10+ years practice as a corporate lawyer, and a Read More

I started to write a post about AI that I have been ruminating upon for months, but came to realize that after the heinous attack on October 7, I could not write about something as relatively light-hearted as the dangers of AI without first setting down my thoughts on this slaughter of the innocents. First, Read More

I have many reasons to visit Israel.  Fleeing Nazi persecution a large part of my family found security and prosperity in the land that would become the modern State of Israel. More recently, I am the co-founder of two tech start-ups with major R&D centers in Tel Aviv.  Both personally and through my venture capital Read More

There is a colloquial English expression that if you “pay peanuts you get monkeys.”  While In the United States it is more common to imagine that monkeys prefer bananas, the meaning is not lost over the Atlantic.  Namely, you get what you pay for. I was reminded of this aphorism this past week in Singapore Read More

I have not posted in many months to this blog that I have been writing for over 15 years. This is for two reasons: First, I have been busy helping to grow two start-ups and a venture fund among other pursuits; and second, I have felt less of a need to add my voice to Read More

Tax reform is very much in the air these days.  Proposals to fund President Biden’s ambitious infrastructure plan and related reconciliation bill for “soft” projects include the adoption of a first-time wealth tax on billionaires, elimination of the step-up in basis upon death,  and a proposed minimum corporate tax levy.   I believe there is Read More

I sat down recently with The Record, the excellent publication of threat intelligence provider Recorded Future, to share the story of how I became interested and involved in cybersecurity and why I co-founded Bluevoyant LLC with Jim Rosenthal. The full interview can be found at The Record   When Tom Glocer was serving as a top executive at Read More

This week I had the pleasure of giving a talk to The Reuters Society — an alumni club of sorts for my favorite news organization.  As I explain in these remarks my loud opposition to  Donald Trump in my post Reuters years would have been inconsistent with the values of  Reuters Editorial that I adopted Read More

I was recently interviewed by Bluevoyant LLC, the cyber defense company I co-founded and chair, on my predictions for the post-COVID business world.  While it remains premature to proclaim the end of COVID, with novel vaccines now well on their way to market, I hazard the following.   This year, COVID-19 has disrupted businesses and global Read More

Almost four years ago I wrote a hopeful but quixotic post addressed to the president-elect calling on him to listen to his better angels (if any exist) and pivot from his divisive campaign rhetoric to a more mature, inclusive approach to governing.  Needless to say my words fell on not just deaf ears but a Read More

During a crisis such as the one in which we are experiencing with Covid-19, we learn (or perhaps rediscover) how much of our world functions on the basis of trust.  Individuals also reveal their best and worse selves, but I promise not to make this another blog post about President Pinocchio.   In his widely read Read More

I delivered the following remarks at Yale Law School on the occasion of my 35th class reunion.  I found the school to be in robust health under the leadership of a great new(ish) dean, Heather Gerken.  I wish I could say the same about the state of our republic.    Good morning.  This may be Read More

Americans have long enjoyed (or suffered from, depending on one’s perspective) a belief in our own exceptionalism.  Many nations and cultures believe in their own superiority despite empirical data suggesting that citizens of the Nordic countries are the most fulfilled[1].  However, the United States is, perhaps, unique in believing that the history of the US Read More

My mother Ursula died two weeks ago at age 97.  What follows is an adaptation of the remarks I delivered at her memorial service. Ursula often said that she outlived all of her friends other than Helga. This not unreasonably troubled my mom, but as I often reminded her it  beat the most likely alternative. Read More

With civility and civil discourse under such assault these days – from none less than the President of the Unites States – I’ve been thinking a lot about how to be a better listener and how to hear other, even disagreeable points of view.   When I was a practicing lawyer and I would read Read More

For many years Japan has been criticized for the lack of growth of its economy, resulting in what has been labelled its ¨lost decades.¨  I argue below that far from an aging, backwards-looking country, Japan may have anticipated  (consciously or not) the winning formula for economic life in our globally warming, AI future.   During Read More

  I have not written a new entry in this blog in some time as I have been very busy at work and my spare cycles have been consumed with watching and tweeting (@tglocer) about the slow car crash which is the Trump presidency.  At times it feels like The Donald is sucking all the Read More

Shame has always struck me as a very negative emotion: Something to be avoided at all costs and a powerful force that can drive individuals to desperate acts up to and including suicide. Lately, with a nod to the Trump White House or the Pruitt Environmental “Protection” Agency, a bit more shame would be a Read More

Suffering through the second of what I fear will be four years of the Trump Administration, I began to ponder what drives some men over the age of 70 to increasingly shocking behavior. In the case of The Donald it is easy enough to imagine that there are some as yet-unpublished pharmacological side effects or Read More

I have a close friend whom I will call “Tal” who is a great tech entrepreneur with a strong track record for building applications in financial markets. Tal is smart, worldly and tech friendly. He also thinks blockchain is bullshit.   As regular readers of this blog can imagine, we argue about the significance of Read More