A footballer's view of Brussels

An amazing statement from Vincent Kompany, the captain of the Belgium Football National team - an incredibly straightforward and balanced view of what happened in Paris and Brussels, and why integration respecting cultural diversity is a fundamental value of democracy and development.

"The real wealth of a nation is diversity of cultures", as he quotes a subway graffitti. 

Read the full article in http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/26/sport/paris-attacks-vincent-kompany-football/index.html

P.S- And, sometimes, there are still people who see these new star athletes and dumb people that were only naturally gifted to play a physical sport...

A balanced view on how to thwart ISIS

I never heard of Joe Parini before, but I must say I agree with this article in CNN -  http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/16/opinions/parini-paris-and-history/index.html

Lars Sorensen - Top CEO of 2015, according to HBR

- "I've been part of some of the most stupid mistakes"

- "If we end up curing diabetes, and it destroys a big part of our business, we can be proud, and you can get a job anywhere. We'll have worked on the greatest social service of any pharmaceutical company, and that would be a phenomenal thing"

- "It's to our advantage to have high-quality generic products (...) for countries and populations that can't afford most advanced products"

- "Our philosophy is that corporate social responsibility is nothing but maximizing the value of your company over a long period of time, because in the long term, social and environmental issues become financial issues"

- "When we make decisions, the employees should be part of the journey and should know they're not just filling my pockets. And even though I'm one of the lowest paid people in your whole cohort, I still earn more in a year than a blue-collar worker makes in his lifetime"

- "It is easier to lead when the pay gap between the CEO and workers is smaller."

- "There is nothing more motivating for people than to go to work and save people's lives"