Jim Rome came to Cleveland and it SUCKED.

If you listen to Rome, you know that he is famous for saying, “have a take, and don’t suck.” He did not suck, but the event did.
Marketed as Dinner with a Legend, for Rome and one hundred of his best friends, or those willing to pay to hear and see him in person. The promise [...]

Too perfect for Progress

I spend much of the weekend in a program called appreciative inquiry. you are put in arbitrary groups of 10 for the 24 hours of the program. it is an interesting way to figure out options to a problem.
usually, solutions are made at the top and driven down the organization. with AI, the material is [...]

Second Amendment Fanatics and the Birth-ers

The good news is, it is not a crime to be Stupid in America.
The bad news is, it is not a crime to be Stupid in America.
It is not a crime to be Stupid, or Thoughtless, or Shortsighted
or just plain Ignorant.
But being either Stupid, or Thoughtless, or Shortsighted does break my Rules of Communication. I [...]

What the Second Amendment Fanatics and the Birth-ers

The good news is, it is not a crime to be Stupid in America.
The bad news is, it is not a crime to be Stupid in America.
It is not a crime to be Stupid, or Thoughtless, or Shortsighted
or just plain Ignorant.
But being either Stupid, or Thoughtless, or Shortsighted does break my Rules of Communication. I [...]

Tiger Woods Lost-what did you learn?

wow-tiger lost. I mean, really, Tiger lost! and so there is
someone who believes that you actually have to play the game, in this case 18 holes, before you are
anointed the winner. true in life and work.
how many of us give up before the literal or
figurative 18 holes?

Hillary Clinton: NOT Lost in Translation, Lost in Rudeness

The gloves came off and she was not even in the ring. The Secretary of State came out fighting. The problem is, there was no one in the opposing corner.
She was fighting an invisible opponent, Bill Clinton. And in doing so, she was just plain rude.
Spin doctors have been spinning non-stop trying to justify, explain, [...]

American Journalists Freed: We won: Without a Shot Fired

Communication is alive and well and living in the United States.
Communication was the star of this recent diplomatic coup.
Two Americans were freed. Whether or not they should have been on North Korean soil is another argument for another day. The fact is that they were, or they admitted they were, and were sentenced to12 years [...]