In business and in life, we all depend on role models to help shape our decisions and behavior. Countless "how-to" business books testify to this.

It is impossible to read a paper these days without encountering citations of polls, survey results, or focus-group findings.

Blogs will transform PR. Blogs will democratize the marketplace. Blogs can kill your brand. Blogs will set you free. Blog... blog... blog.

Bob Dylan once sang, "But I can't think for you, you'll have to decide whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side."

Twenty-seven years ago, while working in the Carter White House, I directed the reorganization project that gave birth to a new federal agency: the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Vladimir Lenin famously cited the principle "You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs" to justify creating a Utopian society through bloody revolution and dictatorship.

Political, business leaders can look to each other for lessons in success - and failure

"Change before you have to," said Jack Welsh.

It's the job of communications pros to help people visualize the change they don't see