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Marshall Crenshaw & The Bottle Rockets at The Birchmere

February 4, 2017
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Every now and then, it pays to get out of your house and your professional mindset and attend an event as a fan. That’s what I did for the Marshall Crenshaw show at the Birchmere. Middle-age power pop was the fare of the evening and it was awesome. While we have all aged, Marshall Crenshaw’s […]

February 3, 2017
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Every so often, I like to share a few of the books I have read or am reading and that I think you might find useful or enjoy. Tree of Smoke: Denis Johnson Hitler: Vokler Ulrich Tools of Titans: Tim Ferriss Showboat: Roland Lazenby

February 2, 2017
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David Reminick did an interview recently where he talked about The New Yorker’s jump and embrace of digital. The idea of a magazine having to jump to the digital world is revolutionary, so let’s skip that part. The thing I want to talk about today is that Reminick made an interesting comment when he said that the […]

February 1, 2017
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The Wall Street Journal came out with a piece yesterday that talked about some of the issues that the NFL is dealing with and the ways that the NFL is looking into fixing them. Which is great. All too often, teams and leagues end up on reactive footing due to the fact that they either don’t […]

January 31, 2017
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I read a story this evening about the NFL scrubbing its “Opening Night” interview transcripts of any references to Trump or Goodell. Which is pretty funny on the face of things. Why? Because it reminds me of the old ostrich thing: if I stick my head in the ground, I won’t see anything so it […]

January 30, 2017
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It is pretty easy for us to lose track of the real causes and impacts that shape our businesses and our lives. In fact, I like to say at the start of any consulting arrangement that the most important thing we are going to do together is diagnose the reality of your situation. Why is […]

January 29, 2017
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One of the big challenges that we are facing right now is that economic indicators are all over the place, most of the traditional economic indicators have been looking up for quite some time. But behind the election of Donald Trump, there are a lot of intangible values and measurements that weren’t accurately measured. Which […]

Marshall Crenshaw & The Bottle Rockets at The Birchmere

A couple of books I’ve been working through…

Are You The Wine Or The Bottle?

The NFL is going to make some repairs…

The NFL Scrubs Its “Opening Night” Interviews

Measuring Is Important

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