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Those Transitional Moments 23 Aug 2013 | 09:07 pm
Today I sent my first son off to college. Everyone talks about how hard this is. Michael Gerson summed it up well in his recent column in the Washington Post when he said: This was the general drift...
Fixing Traditional Retail 23 Aug 2013 | 03:54 am
Over the course of my lifetime, I’ve seen traditional retail transform. In Rochester NY, where I grew up, there were several local department stores, started by local businessmen who became legends i...
Seeking Perfection 11 Jul 2013 | 09:17 pm
Seth Godin had an interesting post today talking about delight and mentioning six sigma. It caught my attention, because some folks I know have been taking six sigma classes who work in health care. ...
Declaring Independence 4 Jul 2013 | 06:50 pm
As it does on every July 4th, NPR does a segment where the Declaration of Independence is read out loud, this year by visitors to the National Mall, of all ages and ethnicities. This year, especially...
Looking at Markets and the Pain of Change 3 Jun 2013 | 07:20 pm
I’m intrigued by marketplaces of all sorts- ranging from Farmer’s Markets, to Malls, to Online Niche markets. Each has a culture associated with it, a sense of rules and norms, often unspoken. Each ...
Implications for Business of the Revised Marshmallow Test 28 May 2013 | 10:13 pm
Daniel Goleman, an organizational psychologist, just posted an article on LinkedIn about the famous “marshmallow” psychological test given to kids. In a nutshell, the test seems to show that if very ...
Dreams 16 May 2013 | 05:12 pm
It is so important to keep dreaming. Dreams are about possibilities and motivation. Even if they seem very far out of reach, or only glimmers of possibility, they are glimpses of possibility in the w...
Mother’s Day 13 May 2013 | 05:50 pm
What’s it been like to be a mom? Especially as a I have a son heading off to college in the fall, it’s a time of reflection, joy and a bit of fear rolled into one. I wrote this a … Continue reading ...
Brand Decisions 10 May 2013 | 11:44 pm
There’s been a big social media dust up this week, after the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch made comments about limiting the sizes he sells so only the beautiful people shop there. Turns out, according...
Facebook Musings 9 May 2013 | 08:23 pm
There have been various reports about Facebook adding pre-roll video to its site, where you would be forced to watch a short commercial before entering your Facebook account, at least for the first ti...
