A recent commercial depicts a man in a variety of situations – extemporizing a handshake with a new boss, about to bet all his winnings at a gaming table, poised to take a good-night kiss to the next level — when a horn alerts him that he’s gone far enough. Then it shows him putting
Recently, I had the pleasure of escorting an up-and-coming young professional who is just learning the sustainability business on a tour of two facilities that reprocess plastic and rubber. But what made this tour particularly gratifying to me was the mere fact of our being able to take it, and that the individual I was
Before signing off on my latest series of blogs offering readers my recommendations for cultivating business relationships and burnishing one’s professional image, I have one more bit of advice along those lines: never sign off without offering your assistance in some manner. The power of a conversation – especially over the phone — becomes amplified
Recently, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas attracted attention – and got himself lampooned on “The Daily Show” — for a remark he made in response to a fellow justice’s joke about Yale Law School. It wasn’t what Thomas said, however, which consisted of “Well — he did not — ,” that was considered so noteworthy
Since a holiday blog wasn’t readily coming to me this year I had decided to pass – that is, until shortly before Christmas, when something totally unexpected happened to me that renewed my sense of trust in both myself and my fellow man. Without providing the identity of either the country or individual involved, for
This past week, while attending a large meeting in New York focusing on strategy for an emerging growth category, I was asked by a fellow participant how a specific company had come to be so successful. I thought for a moment and then replied, “They always say YES!” I then proceeded to explain to how
My two previous blogs emphasizing destination rather than diversion and survival rather than sustainability have led me to think about Black Friday, the launching pad for the Christmas shopping season. Now I know that many of my colleagues have been urging us to put the brakes on growth and production, lest we deplete our resources