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The Problem With Good Intentions
Most school kids will inevitably ask their English teacher, why do we have to read Shakespeare? For the answer, we turn to one of Shakespeare’s …
The ROI Of Fireworks
There’s a reason nobody likes fireworks: They’re expensive. The show only lasts about fifteen minutes. They literally go up in smoke. They wake the baby. …
How To Win The Blame Game
Legend has it, it was once commonplace for American poker players to use buckhorn-handled knives to keep track of whose turn it was to deal …
The Minotaur Was Never The Problem
In traditional Greek myth, King Minos of Crete kept a bull he had promised to sacrifice to Poseidon. The god punished his audacity by making …
History Doesn’t Use Cruise Control
In Ireland, around 1880, the harvest wasn’t doing so well. To appease his tenant farmers, Lord Erne offered a 10% rent reduction. They countered with …
Why People Really, Really Like Using The Word, “Transformation”
Before AI came into our lives and 75% of all LinkedIn posts became all about it, 75% of all LinkedIn posts were about “Digital Transformation.” …
Don’t Be ‘Normal Spongebob’
In the brilliant and highly esteemed television program “SpongeBob SquarePants,” we get a thrilling glimpse into the lives of a cadre of charming oceanic critters. …
A Story Is Only As Good As The Reason For Telling It
Last Sunday, The UFC built a cage on the White House South Lawn. There were seven fights. One major upset and one hospitalization. The fighters …
The Joy of Seeing
The art world is rightfully shedding a tear for the passing of David Hockney, the great British artist who died last week at the ripe …
Beware of Best Practices
Remember the old line, “Nobody ever got fired for using IBM?” It could just as easily have said, “Nobody ever got fired for using best …
Winning Isn’t For Everyone
When you think of New York, what do you think of? Times Square. Pizza. Broadway. Taxis. Bagels. “Hey, I’m walkin’ here!” Sure, but when you …
Be A Butcher
“A good Prime Minister has to be a good butcher.” – William Gladstone, 19th-century British Statesman and Prime Minister. Sometimes the photo shoot just doesn’t …
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