Feb 4, 2014 | Case Studies
Tomorrow is the massive celebration and parade for the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. I’m 49 years old and the last parade happened for the Supersonics in 1979, when I was 14. I also lived an hour and a half away, didn’t drive, and going was just...
Nov 19, 2012 | Extra Points
Being Gracious While I was in San Francisco last week on a business trip, I happened to run into Michael Jordan. Not the “fake” Michael Jordan featured in the commercial. The dude who scored about 40,000 points in the National Basketball Association. He...
Jun 13, 2011 | Leadership, Random Digressions
I just finished watching the Dallas Mavericks vanquish the Lebron-led (or not led) Miami Heat. I can tell you that there is a stark difference in class. First, you’ve got the mega-hyped, Lebron James who held “The Announcement” last year to bolt from...
Jun 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Where were you 30 years ago today? On June 1, 1979 at about 7:00 pm in Oak Harbor, I sat glued to the television watching Gus Williams hurl the basketball in the air as my beloved Seattle Supersonics defeated the Washington Bullets in Landover, MD for the first...
May 21, 2009 | Business Continuity Strategies
Last night, I watched the second half of Game 1 in the Cleveland – Orlando NBA Eastern Conference finals. At the end of the first half, a Cleveland player drained a 70-foot shot at the buzzer propelling the Cavaliers to a 15-point halftime lead at home. They...