Who is making things happen in New Orleans 10 years+ after Katrina?
My old friend grew up in New Orleans and basically left at 18. His father designed the sculpture in the picture. He toured us around for a couple of days and talked about the strict social rules and stratification in New Orleans while he was growing up. My nephew just moved here 3 weeks ago […]
In the geo-political oil game, are you Saudi Arabia or are you Venezuela?
As gas prices continue to stay low, Saudi Arabia is sitting pretty – producing oil at $15-18/barrel. They have $740bi in cash reserves, so they can stay on this course
It’s been a year of Sunday blogs
I realized today that it’s been a year of Sunday blogs. In reviewing them, I noticed that I talk a lot about
Do you hate meetings, too?-part two
You’ve been complaining all your adult life about meetings. SO, what can you do about it?
Do you hate meetings, too?
People feel about meetings the way they feel about traffic in LA. You have to get through them to get to the important places like getting home, or getting to work.
Don’t miss the opportunity presented by a crisis to make change!
It seems like we prepare all our lives for some types of crises never knowing when they will happen.
Why is micromanaging so attractive? How do we stop it?
What trigger snaps you into details like a hound dog after a rabbit?
Are you using your EQ as much as your IQ?
Yesterday I read the following phrase: “I don’t know how you could possibly believe that this was an acceptable way for an adult to behave.” Imagine, having the grace under pressure to say something like that!
Do I really need to get the Sunday N.Y. Times?
Last week I talked about exercising the muscles around ethics. This week let’s do a little tune-up around expenses. Yes, I can hear you….stop saying “shoot me now!”
Are our ethics slipping?
The arrest of fashion industry company owners and managers in downtown L.A. this week raises the question: as executives, as members of the community, as leaders of our teams, are our ethics slipping?