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The Tyranny of The “Thing”
February 3, 2018I am not a qualified cultural anthropologist, but I’m going out on a limb and suggesting that we live, perhaps...
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Scrooge’s Gift
December 25, 2017“Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old...
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On Saturdays
November 13, 2017Let me be clear first-the traumatic brain injury that we now know happens in contact sports-specifically football-cannot be left...
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The Future Might Be Okay
October 23, 2017I had a great moment last week. After waiting in line for technical difficulties to be solved (see end...
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Reunion
October 9, 2017I didn’t do the high school or college reunion thing. I have often been just the faintest bit envious...
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Is It Marketing or Sales?
September 18, 2017I was surprised when I recently Googled this question. Not because there was so much out there but because...
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Collaboration, Partnership and Filling Vacuums
July 10, 2017I admit an experience-based bias here. I come from music, filmmaking and immersive entertainment design—disciplines that are that are...
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Bringing Your Gift
June 11, 2017A year ago this weekend, a man, a very broken and damaged man, killed 49 of my neighbors and...
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DOGMA & Values
April 2, 2017DOGMA A point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds. VALUE Important and lasting insights...
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RFPs Hinder Innovation
February 1, 2017RFP stands for Request for Proposal, but it may as well stand for Recipe for Plain. When big companies...
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Branding an Election
August 8, 2016There will be no politics discussed here! That said, the presidential campaigns are fascinating when viewed through the lens...
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Working Toward Real Community- Why Local Voting Matters
October 14, 2015In his collection of essays entitled “Love, Sex, Economy and Community”, essayist and small farmer Wendell Berry says: “The...
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Save The World
October 8, 2015There’s an attention getting header. At a recent meditation retreat, I had an insight- maybe. Let me use Facebook...
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The Forbidden City
September 23, 2015This is my fourth trip to China and oddly, I always seem to be here right around this time...
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The Rhythm of Business in China
September 21, 2015The rhythm of business here is based around a relatively reliable cycle. First, a trusted third party known to...
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China Visit 5-1st 24 hours
September 18, 2015I think after four previous trips I at least have the travel to Beijing down. You get on the...
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IDEAS Announces “We’re Moving”
September 3, 2015IDEAS has announced that after 6 ½ years, it will be moving from its current home in Downtown Orlando....
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Bob Allen to Speak at Inaugural OrlandoiX Festival
July 21, 2015IDEAS Chief Storytelling Officer Bob Allen has been selected as one of the keynote speakers for the inaugural OrlandoiX...
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Community
February 2, 2015One of the root causes of the difficulty we find ourselves in on Earth today is the fallacy of...
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