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World Cup has come and gone and with it the largest television audience in history. The tournament of 36 finalist nations doesn’t remark extensively on the qualifying which can give even lowly soccer nations like Canada a chance. Even our name for the sport – soccer – signifies our distance from the globe on this […]

I am the co-founder of a gathering of the world’s most accomplished business coaches: The Keepers of the Flame. This gang – all 10 years+ heading TEC/ Vistage Presidential groups – meet in Boulder. The conference has grown over 10 years from 12 to 95 attendees from all round the world. So in recognition of […]

I’ve been exposed to this incredible approach… Just got back from being trained in something so fresh and potent for growth companies, I’m on fire to show it to you. Save the date: September 18, 2014. Many of you know I have made it my business to find the avenues of help for my mid-size […]

Robert Genn died this week. Bob was a painter who wrote his story big. A West Coast guy who started small ending with a huge impact around the world. A teacher who evoked an era and gave pragmatic and forthright guidance. And a father who included and elevated his children on his own journey. First, […]

The book is called Simple Numbers. It’s on Amazon – ebook and other formats. And Greg’s roundish face will be right beside the templates on YouTube if you’re curious about exactly how to recast your biz $$$ so they actually tell you something. While it might still do you some good. A lot of good. […]

I’m ipadding you from the verandah of Beso Del Viento. The view is above. The roaring Pacific is just over the road beyond the palms. Costa Rica is an informed banana republic. As a people they have learned to preserve nature – with superb results. Pura Vida – that’s the national slogan – “Pure life”. […]

Well, here it is, what do you think? The Box: Literality, Enemy of Intelligence One of the most elemental aspects of intelligence is the ability to make leaps. If you are confined by the box that surrounds you and can’t see over the sides, then you are its prisoner. Many of those who work for […]

Folks wonder why spend time on the soft stuff – the people side – when there are so many more direct and straightforward aspects of business to attract attention and time. More than one President has said to me: “business would be great if it wasn’t for the people!”. They are awkward, consuming, intractable, difficult […]

I’m getting ready to go there and I invite you to ride along. I have been a realist painter for some time and it was in that spirit that I studied Rembrandt and Vermeer. Rembrandt was really not so much of a realist as a complete savant – a wizard like Steve Jobs who comes […]

We went down to Eau Claire Cinema, our new cultural home. It is also the home of Doc Soup: a series of revolutionary documentaries you can’t see elsewhere. And the film was titled as above, one that had been reviewed in the NY Times and couldn’t be seen in Calgary otherwise. Good for these guys […]