Tag: Washington DC
Five Days Of Leading
“Live by the steps of your feet and not by the words of your mouth.” – Unknown
There are many books out there about leadership...
Redefining Patriotism Equals ‘Promoting Change’ In The Political Process
Recently, my family attended a Nationals game that just happened to be the night the Nats honored the U.S. Army. A general threw out...
What Can CEO’s Teach The Next President?
While the scale of managing an entire country differs in a number of ways from managing a company, there are lessons the next US...
How to Create a Winning Proposal Designed to Influence Results
Several years ago, my consulting company in New York, got word (via the informal gossip mill at the company) that AT&T was going to...
Why Authenticity Reigns Supreme
DO YOU EVER get that “What, really?” feeling when you see or hear a claim that seems just too good to be true? Of...
How to Design a Metaphor
If you could ask Dante where he got the idea of life as a road, or Rilke where he found the notion that time...
Why You Should Care About the “Third Dimension” of Government Information
by John Maxwell Hamilton, Louisiana State University
Government secrecy and the government’s collection of personal data on citizens are a daily part of the...
A Look at Case-Shiller by Metro Area
Home prices in the U.S. edged up to start the year, in part due to strong growth in markets such as Denver, Dallas and...
Iwo Jima Letter
On Saturday, my wife was going through some old papers and found a letter her cousin Bob Terese had written to his parents on...
Millennials’ Dangerous Growing Addiction to Government
When a friend and recent college graduate informed me he was receiving food stamps, I was floored. He is a healthy, educated, intelligent individual,...
