by Samo Burja | Jun 10, 2019
This is an excerpt from the draft of my upcoming book on great founder theory. Learn more here. It is a cherished dream for many people to win a Nobel Prize, or an Oscar, or a knighthood, or whatever honor is most respected in the field they dedicate themselves to....
by Samo Burja | May 14, 2019
A few years ago, I was asked by a friend what news sources they should follow to understand the Syrian Civil War. I replied they shouldn’t follow any news at all. My recommendation instead was a six month break from Syrian news, supplemented by leisurely reading...
by Samo Burja | May 9, 2019
From my article first published on Palladium Magazine. It is hard to find a clearer outlier among developing countries than Botswana, a landlocked African country where 40% of government revenue comes from diamond mining and a quarter of adults are HIV positive....
by Samo Burja | Sep 5, 2018
This is an excerpt from the draft of my upcoming book on great founder theory. Learn more here. A theory of history Where are we, how did we get here, and where are we going? If we knew, could we change course? And what would it take to succeed? Many disciplines have...
by Samo Burja | Aug 16, 2018
This is an excerpt from the draft of my upcoming book on great founder theory. Learn more here. Institutions built by one generation of founders must be successfully handed off to the next to keep them functional. In the absence of such succession, organizational...
by Samo Burja | Aug 3, 2018
This is an excerpt from the draft of my upcoming book on great founder theory. Learn more here. Only a few institutions fulfill their intended purposes. Such a functional institution stands out as remarkable. It is the exception, rather than the rule, and always...
