Predictions are a Terrible Business
It wouldn’t be a New Year without new predictions. Scott Galloway is back from his holiday break with his predictions for 2025 ( and how his calls fared in 2024)….and if you missed his assistant’s guest column while he was gone, be sure to read “People are the New Brands” “Predictions are a terrible business” he […]
Best Blogs
I resource material for your “edification, enlightenment, and enjoyment” from many sources. I will continue to provide specific recommendations as above for the content I think is worthwhile. But if you don’t find anything to your liking above, check out this list of the best (in my opinion) blogs, websites etc. for the C-Level Executive from proven […]
Econ Recon: The Fundamental Variable
In recent years, much economic discourse has focused on inflation, interest rates, unemployment rates and GDP. As important as they are, each is the cumulative result of billions of individual decisions by consumers, businesspeople, lawmakers, and others. Perhaps the most important element of each of those decisions is the mindset of those making them; in short, their collective […]
Auld Lang Syne Revisited
Kate Taylor The song most associated with New Year’s is, of course, “Auld Land Syne.“ The lyrics come from verses penned by Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), and many musicians have created their own arrangements over the centuries. My favorite is by Kate Taylor from her album “Beautiful Road” accompanied by her brother, James Taylor. Ms. […]
Ten Resolution Alternatives
Early in his career, Mark Twain remarked concerning New Year’s day that “Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” In a day or so, many of us will be making New Year’s resolutions, but according to one study “Unfortunately, […]
Eating the World, 2.0
Benedict Evans In 2011, Marc Andreesen, the co-founder of Netscape (the first commercially successful web browser) commented that “Software is eating the world.” Mr. Andreesen subsequently has become a successful venture capitalist as co-founder of VC firm Andreesen-Horowitz. One of his partners, Benedict Evans has become a well-known technology commentator and recently shared a presentation in which he […]
The Warm Body Reality
Have you ever put off a termination because a little voice inside you said we have too much work to get done so “a warm body is better than no body? “ When you hear that voice, Vistage Speaker and Employment law specialist Hunter Lott says you should immediately ask yourself if “Knowing what you know now, […]
The End of Brands?
This may be the most important article I have read this year. I often feature NYU Marketing professor Scott Galloway in this blog. His weekly insights on product branding (and other things) have made him justly famous. This week, while Mr. Galloway is on vacation, his 25-year-old podcast co-host Ed Elson, penned a post that I […]
Best Blogs
I resource material for your “edification, enlightenment, and enjoyment” from many sources. I will continue to provide specific recommendations as above for the content I think is worthwhile. But if you don’t find anything to your liking above, check out this list of the best (in my opinion) blogs, websites etc. for the C-Level Executive from […]
Econ Recon
“An Action Packed Week:” says ITR Economics’ Brian Beaulieu in his latest FedWatch. Industrial Production, retail sales and whether the Fed will drop interest rates two more times. Three Positive Signs: ITR Economics’ Taylor St. Germain shares three signs that make him “quite confident the industrial economy is going to grow as we look at 2025.”
