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Should Commenters Have To “Own” Their Comments?

I was watching the Today show this morning and “The Professionals” segment was talking about the Washington Post ombudsmen Peter Pexton thought that commenters on blogs and news sites should have to “own” their comments. For a long time I didn’t pay any attention to the comments on blogs or sites. It just wasn’t my […]

5 Lessons From Last Night’s ‘All-Star Celebrity Apprentice’

I’ve been a fan of the Donald and his TV show The Celebrity Apprentice for a long time now. Which doesn’t mean that I always think he makes the right decision or that you really learn a ton about business, but sometimes you do learn a lot about business and last night was one of those episodes. […]

3 Steps To Turning Around Any Organization

I’ve been thinking about how to restructure and save organizations this morning and one of the clients I am working with is facing a reorganization. After going over the mission and thinking through the problems, we came up with a pretty easy solution that the board and managers could hang their hats on and […]

1 Simple Lesson From My Vacation

I just got back on Saturday from one of the best vacations I have ever had. I went to Club Med’s Sandpiper Bay resort in Port St Lucie, Florida. That being said, you’d have no idea you were in Florida. More importantly, you don’t get great cell phone reception at Sandpiper Bay and you […]

My 2012 Reading List

I try to do this every year. Here are the books I read in 2012 with links to get them for yourself. 1. One Shot: Lee Child ¼2. What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures: Malcolm Gladwell 1/63. The Price Of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity: Jeffrey D. Sachs 1/84. Ten Thousand Saints: […]

Happy Thanksgiving! I’m Going To Do Some Top 10s.

Hey… Happy Thanksgiving. I’m going to bang out some lists and thoughts that I have had that aren’t really related to the normal tone of this blog…be it politics or business. DW