At the US Open
Nick and I traveled to Queens to spend the day at the US Open to watch second-round singles and first-round doubles. With great courtside seats, we were ringside for three fantastic matches.
Miscellaneous
Things that don’t fit into the other categories, especially topics that aren’t discussed enough to deserve their own category.
My HippoCamp weekend
A recap of my first visit to HippoCamp, a conference for creative nonfiction writers, in Lancaster PA. I also had the pleasure of leading a session, which made the experience all the better.
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Talking about mental health
Business leaders recognize that poor mental health imposes huge costs on companies in the form of disability claims, poor performance, absenteeism, and employee turnover.
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A reminder about S.M.A.R.T. goals
If you want to be seen as a valuable communications counselor and not just an order-taker, filter all projects through the S.M.A.R.T. process and act accordingly.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan is an ongoing disaster right now and here in America everyone has an opinion that appears to have been molded a couple weeks ago based on information received earlier that day and limited to news events of the last four months.
A different place along the journey
This morning I was reading some takes on last night’s episode of The Good Place and of course everyone was excited about the weird and unexpected and hilarious way they brought Timothy Olyphant in for a cameo. This led me (as happens when you are reading culture news over coffee in the morning) to a
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Santa stories
Santa is just like the rest of us. He has his good days and his bad. He sometimes makes poor decisions. And he likes diners and a good cup of coffee.
Globalization: Not reversible, and not the problem
I was speaking the other day with an acquaintance who was very impressed with how president-elect Trump made a tax-break deal to keep close to 1,000 jobs at Carrier in Indiana. “This is how you fight globalization,” he said I wasn’t in the mood to argue, so I didn’t point out that the $7 million
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We’ve got a manufacturing paradox
The US handled the 2008 crisis as well as just about any country, including in the manufacturing field.
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