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The canals are incredibly picturesque. There are many sculptures scattered about the city, and it seems like a disturbing majority of them are some guy sitting on a horse. A lot of them may be the same guy, I think.
City Series: (wonderful) Copenhagen Read More »
Since Trump chooses to live in a bubble where he only hears how wonderful he is, which arguably prevents him from understanding the needs and concerns of the American population he supposedly leads, it was entirely appropriate for the World Series crowd to show him that his fantasy of universal adoration is a crock. Lacking other options, those baseball fans were interacting with Trump via the only channel (other than the ballot box) they had available.
Feedback will find a way Read More »
I’ve seen comeback cities before, and when I recently visited Detroit I recognized that it was on its way. Everyone I talked to there was all in.
City Series: Detroit’s third act Read More »
Kind of crazy for wealthy parents to commit expensive crimes to get their kid into a school he was always going to transfer out of anyway.
A dumb and expensive crime Read More »
Thinking about how people decide a city is attractive or not, I decide to write a series of articles on cities I’ve visited, as snapshots of a traveler.
Cities series: Hey, I think I’m going to do a cities series Read More »
Two recent articles on the news site Quartz caught my attention, as they both had to do with the importance of knowing your skill set, and the value of transferable knowledge. One was about basketball coach Phil Jackson, and the other was about Elon Musk, and they were contrasting portraits.
Know your skill set, transfer your knowledge Read More »
Several of my friends are making mid-career and late-career job changes – by choice, not because a position was lost – and this reflects an interesting trend, especially in the United States. Older workers who once might have been happy to stay put where they are, riding out their final years and looking forward to
Making a purposeful mid-to-late career change Read More »
Recently I had the pleasure to be on a call with Nik Sekhran, Chief of Profession, Sustainable Development Bureau for Policy and Program Support at the United Nations. Nik talked about how, in 2015, more than 190 world leaders committed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to help eliminate extreme poverty, combat inequality and injustice, and mitigate
Aiding sustainable development around the world Read More »
The other day my wife and I were driving over to visit her father, and we had to stop at a CVS Pharmacy on the way. When Jill walked through the doors, the CVS app on her iPhone chimed, and welcomed her to the store. It also told her about unadvertised specials that were available. She
Not your grandma’s store shopping experience Read More »
Some best practices and lessons learned for the college lacrosse recruiting process.
College lacrosse recruiting tips Read More »