After a number of weeks without travel, I’m back on the road. First to Chicago and then DC. It’s always nice to spend time at home, but I also get re-energized when I hit the road and meet with colleagues, clients, and prospects. For fellow road warriors like me, I found a podcast that may…
Summer is over. I say that not to be a buzzkill, but rather to state the obvious. It may still feel like summer — it topped 90 degrees here in New Hampshire today — but by Tuesday morning it will feel decidedly as if the summer is behind us. Tuesday marks Day 1 of the…
Some people tell you the truth even though it’s unpopular. Other people tell lies they think will be popular. John McCain was known to tell the unpopular truth. On the rare occasion when he seemed to inject political calculus into a decision, it made you wince (even if you agreed with him). He couldn’t pull…
It’s a beautiful Sunday here in New Hampshire. No rain and no heat wave. Not quite as nice as fall, but I’ll take it for August. Judging from my Facebook feed, lots of my friends are on vacation. And judging from the out-of-office messages in my inbox, lots of folks I do business with have…
I haven’t been the best at writing lately. I know that. The past few months have been crazy with business travel (domestic and international), baseball umpiring, and countless other things large and small. I don’t suppose that’s all that different from what you have experienced. We all have lots of activities to keep us busy…
Well the last week has been interesting, hasn’t it? Not since the Blue Dress has the media twisted itself in so many knots trying to figure out how to report a political story without sanitizing the coverage in such a way that it hid the real news value. It was certainly fascinating to watch. Not…
You’re getting this week’s email a few hours late because I celebrated my birthday yesterday by heading to Walpole, NH and umpiring in the New England Championship game for the 18U Babe Ruth Tournament. Then I came home and fell asleep before the sun had even set. As has become popular to say on Twitter…
After a long hiatus, I’m bringing back my personal weekly newsletter. With the communications world increasingly focused on digital and data, it seems only appropriate for me to weigh in regularly on these topics since they have been the cornerstones of much of my career. My goal will be to deliver meaningful insights. I’ll curate…