Some 500 years ago Italian philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli had this to say about change management: "There is nothing more difficult to carry out nor more doubtful of success nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order of things [i]." Few would argue that managing change is easy, and yet it seems that everyone is an expert. So what have we learned over the course of the past 5 centuries? Until recently, not much: we really only started seeing the development o

Ask the most powerful taxi mogul in America how taxi medallion prices are doing in New York City, Chicago or Philly and you'll probably hear a few expletives in his response. Not surprising, given Uber's efficacious gains in market share across 67 countries in its few short years of existence. Simply put, Uber has wreaked global havoc on the traditional taxi driving industry. The most recent victim filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in San Francisco. The Yellow Cab C