This is about how the good (Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela) inspired me to write my book abut scams and how to detect and avoid them... It is about how the bad (Enron and its fellow-travelers) inspired me to look at how their scams succeeded by preying on the greed and lack of curiosity of their marks... It is about how the ugly (Bernard Madoff) similarly took advantage of those unwilling to ask even the most basic questions. It is also how our power of self-delusion played into the hands of the scammers...

Steve Burrows CBE and Michael Friedlander talk about Daniel Pink's book on motivation, "Drive" and compare their real-life experiences in motivating those with whom they've worked. Steve talks about his belief in the importance of creating a happy work environment and Michael talks about the benefits of giving employees the room to develop their ideas and how projects should be result-oriented.

This is the rebroadcast of an episode of “Dreamers, Winners—And Making A Difference…” — an online radio show Michael Friedlander hosted between November 2014 and February 2015.

His guest on this episode was Steve Burrows CBE, a world-renowned civil and structural engineer with a passion for sustainability…

Steve talks about his dreams and about sustainability—and about what we can learn from the ancient engineers who designed and built the Pyramids. He talks about ideas and imagination and how we can learn from the lessons of the past and the lessons that nature provides us.