I’ll Have Cheetos with That
Brand collaborations are taking the world by storm. They’re ubiquitous, but not necessarily a recent phenomenon. The first known brand collaboration was between Wedgewood, the fine china maker and the British Royal Family in the 1760s. But, I’m confident that collaboration included nothing like some of the most popular collaborations in the past couple of […]
It’s No Carnegie Hall
In the 21st century technology is showing us ways to be with, talk with, work with and, create with people we’ve never met.
Just Don’t Stick Them Up Your Nose
If we are flexible enough, we can work “with” almost anything life throws at us.
My Catch, Your Ball
We have opportunities every day to interact with people and to make a difference in their day. Sometimes hitting a home run is more about seizing the opportunity to make someone else’s day better. Are we taking the opportunities in our daily lives to hit a home run?
I Could “Design” a Landing
Some of the best “work with me” scenarios happen spontaneously out of necessity.
Tangled Hair
Mundane doesn’t mean meaningless and put on the back burner. Mundane matters.
Layla is a Star
I like eggs. I like them fried, scrambled, poached, over easy, in Eggs Benedict but I like them best soft boiled–6 minutes in a rolling boil then into the egg cup, off with their metaphorical “heads” and into the perfectly soft yolk with some well buttered toast–sliced in narrow strips in what the British call […]
Shoeless and Famous
Most people who follow jazz music and its history will acknowledge that Billie Holiday is one of the greats. She had a smoky, pleading, almost heart-breaking style of singing. Not surprising when you know how difficult both her childhood and adult life would be. The pain of her life became the pain in her voice. […]
Connection Cures Contention
If you’re like many of us not long after you woke up this morning you checked your phone or laptop, asked Alexa or Siri to bring you up to speed on the weather and key news for the day. And you found “contention” – problems, great and small, in full flame or about to burst into flame. […]
Building “WITH” Spaces
For the last few decades I’ve written books, in my own name and with/for others that addressed a simple problem in how we live our lives or run our businesses. This book is different. First of all its not about “a problem” but something I believe many would agree is “THE problem” of this time in […]
