Colorado

The Colorado river, one of the largest in North America, that drilled (and drills) the Grand Canyon, can't make it anymore to its mouth on the Gulf of California. The majority of its water is used on desert-settled cities, like Las Vegas, and intensive farming in an arid climate. 

The one who disagrees

One of the most important persons in your team is the one who disagrees, who challenges, who doesn't take what you say as an absolute truth.

That's a person that is typically missing in the teams of dictators. Surrounded by "yes-men", that confirm what they want to hear, every decision is a gamble with disaster, failing to have the test of early intelligent scrutiny.

Just think about that next time someone disagrees with your plans. Because that timely feedback helps you and your team to avoid mistakes and move towards better products, strategies and executions.

Moscow

A city that was new to me. Center of the city park. August 2013. A Sun that didn't warm my body or soul. 50-year old men drinking vodka on the park benches. 18-year old scantly dressed girls on leather striking poses to take photos, always with a sad face and no smile. 60-year old babushas, with tired eyes, watching life go by. While the Porsches zoomed around non-stop. A lot more than the Kremlin, Saint Basil's or the Red Square, this is the image I have from Moscow. An unequal and sad city.