Businesses have to make gestures that go beyond words. Persuasion no longer works.

Businesses are going to innovate in how they bring prices down so people can shop the way they want.

A German firm called Friendsurance relies on people forming their own groups, which apply peer pressure to keep claims and costs lower. The result is refunded premiums for customers and profit for the company.

Companies have to be innovative in leading with values the same way they have to be innovative in their products and services.

I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.'

Women are under-represented in TV comedy for a variety of reasons, the hackneyed 'fear that women aren't funny' being one of them.

Comedy is the hardest thing to get right. I remember a joke we did in 'What's Up, Doc?' that didn't get a single laugh. So we moved the shot a foot-and-a-half to one side, and all of a sudden, the laugh was there. It drives you crazy; the balance is so delicate.

It's dangerous talking about comedy; it gets to be very tedious and presumptuous.