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Conversations with Entrepreneurs
Last month we launched a new web video series at The Good Men Project. We call it Good Men Project Dreams: Conversations with Entrepreneurs. I am honored to host the series, and tremendously enjoying...
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Toons, Love, and Letting Go
Earlier this month the curtain finally fell on Toontown Online. I am guessing that 90% of the people who read this post will have no idea what that is, was, or means. I won’t spend a lot of time...
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To Say or Not to Say
Experiments are the fuel of innovation. Creative risk is the path of reinvention. Writing a novel is just weird. This week my first novel, This is Rage, is being released to the public by my...
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Help, You Need Someone
“Hope you are well.” We are all guilty of typing those words. It’s the email equivalent of “Have a nice day,” though usually as a salutation. It means that in a few sentences someone is going to ask...
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How Fragile Is a Brand?
Apple unveiled a bunch of new products last week, including numerous options in shape, size, and price point for a fuller line of iPads. Many of these products are desirable and will make great...
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16 New Things I’m Thankful For (2013 Edition)
With Thanksgiving on the horizon, it’s time again to take a step back from our daily grind and consider the rejuvenating goodness that dots the landscape all around us. Last year I kicked off my own...
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Wings: Remastered and Revisited
A few decades back, before I became a software and media executive and long before I returned to writing, I wrote the “screenplay” for a succesful computer game called Wings. That “interactive movie”...
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Brands in Memoriam 2013
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made a spectacular impact recently when he went on 60 Minutes the day before Cyber Monday and gave us a glimpse at the future—a fleet of small delivery drones he branded Prime...
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Fully Unfinished Business
The original title of this post was Nasty, Messy, Murky, and Looming. Maybe I should have stuck with that! As we turn the corner on 2013, a number of problematic, complex issues stand out for me as...
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The Many Lessons of Andy Grove
We lost a great business leader earlier this year. His name was Andrew S. Grove, known to many as Andy Grove. He survived Nazi-occupied Hungary as a child, then Soviet-controlled Hungary, immigrating...
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An Idea Changes a Neighborhood
Last fall I wrote about the fundraising event I chaired to raise money for the Hathaway-Sycamores Learning Lab. Today I am pleased to share with you a short video celebrating the dedication of this...
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Harnessing The Bern!
Dear Bernie, You did a great job. You galvanized a young generation of voters. You helped change the dialogue to one of fairness. You helped us to Think Different. Now it’s time to be a mensch. What’s...
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Let’s Ask Dad
This year at The Good Men Project, we have committed to a number of strategic initiatives developed to better engage our community. Original video programming where our distinct voice can be...
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Legacies Matter
We’ve just finished producing a new short video for the Hathaway-Sycamores Child & Family Services Legacy Society. I’d like to share it with you and then I’ll briefly tell you why. You can view it...
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What’s Going On?
We wake up to news that the prior night an innocent person was killed at point-blank range. We come back from lunch to news of a mass shooting in a public gathering place. We drive home from work but...
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The Rage Podcast: Voices All Around Us
About three years ago I published my first novel, This Is Rage. It’s been an amazing journey, including creative development and four public readings of my stage adaptation. Now we have something...
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Politically Incorrect Is Harder Than You Think
There’s something eerie about the Facebook world-view, which challenges us to live publicly out loud, to reveal ourselves globally and without filters, as we communicate in real-time our every thought...
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3 Paths to Adulthood
I’d like you to think for a moment about the last homeless person you happened to encounter. Ask yourself: What was his or her story? Do you know? Now I’d like you to think about the last 18 to 21...
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The Shame of Trump Soils Us All
In this one man, Donald Trump, I see everything that is wrong with our nation and what some celebrate as success. This is not a man of substance. This is not a man of commendable accomplishment. This...
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Wrestling with Wrong
I went to bed last night demoralized, my faith in democracy challenged in a way I never believed was possible. It was late, after the acceptance speech by President-elect Donald Trump. I was exhausted....
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