The world no longer cares about who you are, where you came from or whatever has (or hasn’t) happened to you. ZZ Top sang, “I’m bad, I’m nationwide.” Well, the good news is we’re all bad and global (if we want to be) now…thanks to mobile technology.

I’m a longtime fan of the music of Ry Cooder. In 1979 he released a record entitled, Bop ‘Til You Drop. One of the great songs on that record is, “Trouble, You Can’t Fool Me.” <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; ...

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Three intersecting circles with a single spot where they all overlap. The sweet spot. That ideal place where the magic happens!  For our business, it’s a place we may not often reach, but we aim for it. And sometimes we hit it. When we don’t,

Hank Williams wrote the song in 1949 due to the troubled marriage he had. It’s a sad refrain and I suspect it grew popular (even though it was a B-side record, meaning it wasn’t intended to be the song it became) because it’s such a universal feeling.

Last night on CBS’ 60 Minutes, Lesley Stahl did a piece on Salesforce about gender pay equality. During the segment, she spoke with Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff who was remarkably candid about his company’s failings. Salesforce employs 30,

  This week Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been appearing before a Senate committee on privacy, data breaches and the ethics of using customer data.  Volkswagen appointed a new CEO to replace a leader who had the awful task of navigating ...

My generation was raised by the World War II or Korean War generation (I only use that to give context to our parents’ generation). Old school.  Just the other morning Twitter was somewhat buzzing about a little video clip of Alabama’s football coach,

If the market doesn’t hit you in the mouth, then the economy will. You may think Mike Tyson is an idiot, but he did say something very smart. Everyone has a plan ’til they get punched in the mouth. Here’s the list of recessions I’ve experienced since I...

I’m old so I’ve encountered my fair share of dumb ideas. Many of them were my own. I own my stupidity. Why not? It’s hard to hide from it, so you may as well lean into it. And hopefully, learn from it. Do you have any recurring dreams? Or nightmares?