Flexibility, Katherine! Years ago, after a particularly inelegant restructuring announcement, a Very Senior Executive came to see me. He was already in his 80’s and so it had a little extra impact when he slammed his fist down on the table and shouted, “Flexibility, Katherine!” He was right, of course, both for investing and for […]
I was reminded this week of these wise words from Isak Dinesen, author of Out of Africa and Babette’s Feast. Dinesen is the pen name of Karen Blixen, the Danish author who traveled to Kenya as a young bride, and continued to run a large coffee plantation for 10 years after her divorce in 1921, […]