Joseph L. Badaracco: " Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing", Harvard Business School Press, 2002.

ECONOMIST: Acknowledgments

Two parts provide a practical guide to what the EU thinks it is doing now, and what the German government (at least) hopes it will do next.

ECONOMIST: Germany tries to look to the next 50 years of the EU

Roger Pielke, a professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado, has useful things to say on all three fixes, and in so doing largely fulfils his aim of providing a guide to the perplexed.

ECONOMIST: Climate change

"Having someone there to guide me through the whole process was so much more reassuring than doing it all myself, " says Mr. Davidson, who works at a business-valuation firm.

WSJ: Finding the Best Primary-Care Doctor for You

"Everyone and his uncle would like to be a tour guide, and we have a lot of people doing it illegally, " says Harvey Davidson, spokesman for the Guides Association of NYC.

WSJ: Ever More Pointing, Talking: The Rise of New York City Tour Guides

Of course, our government is really only doing its job to protect us, and once again is calling upon top experts to guide policy decisions.

FORBES: Energy: What's All The Fracking Fuss About?

She studied physics, chemistry and maths A-levels without any real idea of what she wanted to do, but she already had an interest in meteorology from doing her weather badge as a Girl Guide when she was 12.

BBC: Weather - Jo Farrow