FEATURED COLUMN: NOTA BENE
“Privilege” Is a Pretty Rotten Measure
I was just driving my rental back to the airport on my latest business trip. I’m flying by executive jet, thanks to my company....
God Bless Our Fast Food Workers
I’ve always been a fast-food fan. For decades now I’ve completely ignored the health nuts and continued with my regular enjoyment of burgers, fries,...
LinkedIn: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
I nodded along with pretty much every single word of this impassioned piece by Aaron Towle about why he finally gave LinkedIn the ol’...
Another Covid Cycling Success
As I wrote previously (see below) I had my best cycling summer in over a decade in part thanks to the pandemic.
https://www.bizcatalyst360.com/my-glorious-covid-cycling-summer/
Now I have...
I’m Grateful For a Campout
This past weekend was the first Scouts campout for our Troop since the pandemic struck. I’m the Scoutmaster, and I was extremely happy to...
My Glorious COVID Cycling Summer
There are plenty of good reasons to hate every single thing about the pandemic. But I was able to take advantage of certain aspects...
Leadership: Treat Your People like Dogs
Okay, that’s click-bait.
You should really treat your people like I treat my dog. (Well, not literally, because there are those people who consider belly...
Bravo, My Fellow Upper Michigan Tourists: COVID Can Suck It
I grew up in the beautiful Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan. But like locals pretty much everywhere, I never really saw all the sights...
Blood Is Thicker Than Water
I gave blood yesterday and thought about my Dad.
We lost him last August.
You can read all about him here. Well, actually, not quite all about...
Freedom and Childhood: What Have We Lost? And How Do We Get (Some of) It Back?
This isn’t about the virus–but the virus amplifies the whole challenge tremendously. I’ve been thinking once again about the freedoms I had when I...