Our friends down the Peninsula reminded us that we left “some sort of speaker” at their Little Cottage last year. They thought we might want to take it to the cottage we’re renting this month.Turns out it was the kind of speaker where you plug your iPhone into the...
1814. The United States is more than two years into a war we can’t afford. And can’t afford to lose. Albert Gallatin has left his post as Secretary of the Treasury to help John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay and a few other diplomats negotiate a peace treaty with the...
Speed to Market requires an idea that’s been vetted and an organization that is set up to deliver. The best companies employ a full regimen of tools and processes to make it happen – best practices for generating ideas, assessing competition, estimating sales, testing...
Gen Yers only read the subject line of an email. That is, if they read an email at all.I heard this from Jason Dorsey the Gen Y Guy®. Jason is not only the guru of all things Gen Y; he is also a brilliant and delightful entertainer. He didn’t provide data, so...
When we sat down, two men at the bar were talking about Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the Three-Fifths Compromise that made it possible for the U.S. Constitution to become ratified. I know this because I was right next to them and they were very loud.I don’t go to...
How often do you reread an email before sending, or ask yourself if the message is important and clearly written?Mindfulness is being aware. It’s a concept foundational to Buddhism. And after several millennia of living mostly in the world of philosophy and religion,...
