As you may know from my biography, I used to be an executive at one of the world’s largest corporations. And as you can tell from my posts, I’m a bit of a science geek. So how am I going to tie these two disparate thoughts together? Well, a few years ago, I was late for a meeting. The man I was meeting was my friend’s father, and he began to upbraid me for my tardiness. Truth be told, he wouldn’t have gone after me about it if it weren’t for the family friendship. I decided to have a little …