Author: Bob

Let me be clear first-the traumatic brain injury that we now know happens in contact sports-specifically football-cannot be left as a silent issue. It deserves the very best attention we can give it to change the outcome. That said, I want to talk about a different side of the sport....

I had a great moment last week. After waiting in line for technical difficulties to be solved (see end of blog for punch line), me and some friends attended a fantastic lecture by America’s most beloved astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Now, I am a nerd’s nerd and he had me...

I didn't do the high school or college reunion thing. I have often been just the faintest bit envious of people for whom touching that part of their past was interesting and nourishing. It’s not that my school years weren’t good, but I didn't really build roots then and there....

I was surprised when I recently Googled this question. Not because there was so much out there but because there was so much confusion. I get that the business com world has been essentially rebooted by the internet. Larry Tate wouldn't understand it at all (see: “Bewitched”) and probably neither...

I admit an experience-based bias here. I come from music, filmmaking and immersive entertainment design—disciplines that are that are by nature collaborative forms (yes, I know you can in theory make a “movie” by yourself with your phone but probably not “Wonder Woman”). I’m also a small-business person and that...

A year ago this weekend, a man, a very broken and damaged man, killed 49 of my neighbors and died himself-predominantly young people who were dancing and relaxing together in what was supposed to be a safe place. This kind of act leaves a mark. It's a bruise on the...

DOGMA A point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds. VALUE Important and lasting insights and ideals shared by the members of a culture about what is good or bad and desirable or undesirable. HABIT A routine or behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously...

RFP stands for Request for Proposal, but it may as well stand for Recipe for Plain. When big companies or government organizations send out RFPs they mean well, of course. They say “we want your best thinking on this” or “give us an innovative solution”. The problem is that the...

There will be no politics discussed here! That said, the presidential campaigns are fascinating when viewed through the lens of branded storytelling. If you’re up for it, try this experiment. Pick the Presidential candidate you don't presently support. Now, look at that candidate’s core story. Who are the characters in...

In his collection of essays entitled “Love, Sex, Economy and Community”, essayist and small farmer Wendell Berry says: “The indispensable form that can intervene between public and private interests is that of the community. The concerns of public and private, republic and citizen, necessary as they are, are not adequate...

There’s an attention getting header. At a recent meditation retreat, I had an insight- maybe. Let me use Facebook as the stage for the story because it’s a nice polarized archetype of the phenomenon. Someone posts something inflammatory on an issue that is a “trigger” for you. You slam back...

This is my fourth trip to China and oddly, I always seem to be here right around this time of the year. This time however, I got a day off and a few of the folks we work with here agreed to take me to The Forbidden City. It is...