I started tracking my movements about the country a decade ago (and logging them here) as an annual exercise meant to encourage memory, cataloguing and in the best cases a bit of travel writing. Looking back on it, 2015 wasn't a big year in travel, although quality...
A Flexible Strategic Framework Allows You Room To Bend And Move
In business, as in politics, it is wise to build for seismic events. The terror attacks in Paris, for instance, required a flexibile response from The White House that was largely lacking. Conservative columnist, Ron Fournier says, "For all his skills as an orator,...
Bill Jennings Went 1-9 in 1957; Mike Riley Will Top That But Not By Much
Since Frank Solich left Lincoln in 2003, the Nebraska Cornhuskers have been in a free fall. Many of us, myself included, have been in various states of denial about the truth of this, but the fall finally became an undeniable reality yesterday, in the most unlikely of...
Husker Nation Is Hurting After Team Carelessly Tosses Away Another Victory
I'm glad Tom Shatel is pissed off. He's the senior writer on the Huskers' beat and if he's not spitting venom after yesterday's debacle in Lincoln, then Husker Nation would truly be at a loss. Let's observe some of Shatel's keen observations: Let's not waste our time...
Flipping Ageism and Ad Agency B.S. The Bird
In the advertising agency business, it's best to get out before you get old. Or so goes the common wisdom. Naturally, there are many notable exceptions. David Ogilvy was 39 when he wrote his first ad, and he spent the next 25 years of his life actively involved in the...