When I was a kid, my older brother used to have this die hard aversion to starting the car unless we knew precisely where we were headed. We always joked about his phobia of “Wandering Aimlessly”. And, for most of us, when we wake up on a Monday or close down shop for a Friday,…
I started to write this post several days ago and paused. When Pam Atherton asked me for a thought on business during my interview last week on A Closer Look, I told her that one of my biggest pet peeves is when people say “they need to do something about that.” My response to that…
This week, as I was visiting with friends, while someone was describing their carbon footprint, it sounded like” karmic footprint.” Wow, what a concept, I thought. How exactly does one determine what their karmic footprint is? When I look back at my week, it was somewhat lucky. I was bumped from a flight which caused…
I’m sitting in here Big Sky, Montana at the beautiful home of Kelly McDonald celebrating her big 5-0 with a new friend, Pam Atherton. I was introduced to Kelly through our mutual friend, Jeff Hurt. Kelly and I met in-person at the Association for Accounting Marketing Conference and have been friends ever since. Kelly is…
This week Midori and I attended the Mashable Social Good Summit, in partnership with The UN Foundation. The conference, which was held at the 92nd Street Y, focused on how leveraging technology can change the world. The speaker line-up was impressive, with celebrities like Ted Turner, Geena Davis, Lance Armstrong, Serena Williams, Mandy Moore and…