A recent blog post, Peak Google, caused a fair amount of debate when it suggested that Google’s dominance of the online advertising market could be eclipsed by another phenomenon – native advertising. Notice that I didn’t say displaced or pushed…
There are three Whole Foods within one mile of where I live. Yet, I rarely go to any of them. I used to go to Whole Foods, mostly to buy produce. But, I tired of spending $20-$40 for a bag…
The recent heat wave in Los Angeles has prompted me to think not of global warming, but a rather more pedantic subject – ice cream. In particular Jeni’s Splendid ice cream. I had purchased the “Whiskey and Pecans” flavor at…
I was in Carmel, California last weekend after an absence of over 25 years, and was struck by how much I liked the same simple pleasures of Carmel’s environment – the sight and sound of the waves crashing against the…
I left the music business in 1999, right around the time that Napster and other peer-to-peer file sharing businesses were giving consumers the ability to pirate recorded music for free. Recording artists soon turned to live performances as a way…
After a weekend of attempting to keep up with my son and his buddies skiing and boarding through nearly 20,000 vertical feet per day on the mountain at Vail, my physically challenged body was not looking forward to the sturm…
Last month, I travelled to visit my son at the University of Colorado. One of the unexpected highlights of the trip included a tour of a recently legalized marijuana store. It was quite surreal to see clear jars of marijuana…
“The 21st century leader sees adversity through the lens of opportunity.” That quote really resonates for me and for so many of my clients. After all, any leader who can look at adverse circumstances and connect the dots of opportunity…
Two recent, seemingly unrelated announcements, within ten days of each other, caused me to take notice last week. January 26, Apple celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Mac by taking a full page ad in major newspapers saying that when…
I tend to encounter a lot of homeless people since I work near the beach in Santa Monica. They are a part of the community. But homeless people share a lot more with my local clients than just geography. Homeless…