In my preceding blog post, I argued that socially-responsible real estate development can not be achieved merely by making philanthropic donations or branding efforts. Direct…

There’s a move afoot to dramatically increase spending in the United States on social science research.  Right now, the National Science Foundation allocates less than…

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan recently signed a Declaration of Principles aimed at resolving an increasingly contentious dispute over Ethiopia’s ongoing effort to build the $4.6…

I’ve been part of the same academic department for more than 40 years. For 12 of those years, I had management responsibility. All told, there…

I worry a lot about how to evaluate the success or failure of consensus building efforts in which I get involved.  When I try to…

For part of every year, I live in the most libertarian state in America. My family and I have spent our summers and winter vacations…

We’ve spent far too much time thinking about the global causes of climate change, and not nearly enough worrying about the local impacts that climate…

If you can’t negotiate, you can’t be a successful entrepreneur. My new online class at MIT is designed to help both new and experienced entrepreneurs…

I taught an online negotiation course for the first time this spring.  MIT’s Professional Education Program and its Office of Digital Learning (ODL) invited me…

I am trying to build a MOOC (an open course on line) that will help anyone engaged in real estate development, or any aspect of…