How often have you started a project which ran out of steam? I t’s not because the idea is no longer valid or the results desirable … but because other priorities jumped in line … energy was diverted to new projects … and the original project died on the vine.…
J.K. Rowling & the Harry Potter Empire I’m diverging a bit today from my usual recommendation to celebrate the incredible saga of J.K. Rowling’s fiction career … justified even more because, as you’ll see, she is already 3 books into a crime series of her own. Monday was the 20th…
This week we’re Getting to the Point on World Asteroid Day and one day following the 10th Anniversary of the iPhone. Both of them may signal the end of life as we know it. But, while we’re still here, we’ll take a few moments to consider some of the other fascinating…
A brand anthem expresses to your customers the core values related your brand and products, but it's easily trashed with one simple mistake.
G-Man by Stephen Hunter Finally, my ol’ buddy, Bob Lee “the Nailer” Swagger is back in the 10th novel in this series from Stephen Hunter, a Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist. In this the latest episode in the Bob Lee Swagger saga, Bob Lee is uncovering his family’s secret…
We’ve got this strange and wonderful world around us … and then just as I was Getting to the Point with so many fascinating tidbits from the world of business, medicine, health, psychology and culture … I hear In the Spotlight that Stephen Hawking is telling us to clear out,…
I'm pretty sure most of us missed the Crusades … and know very little of medieval warfare. W hile battle strategy in that era appears to be random and haphazard, certainly in most movies depicting that period, planning invariably eclipsed brute force. Strategy proved to be the touchpoint for success in every battle, including the…
