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It still amazes me sometimes how the change of one word can not just reframe, but totally reset a vision. Sometimes it’s changing the reference from fighters to athletes, this week sadly we learned that a conflict might not actually be a war even when it looks like one, and there is the one I …
“We will attend and support only if it does not distract from the work being done.” Pretty simple and self-evident statement, right? Why should it even be news when a leader says such things? In most instances it really shouldn’t be, it should be common sense. But we remain in a time when the news is …
I have been a fan of Saturday Night Live since it’s inception. On Monday morning’s in high school my classmates would sit around the breakfast table in the cafeteria talking about the previous week’s episode. We even used skits like “The Coneheads on Family Feud” and others in our Spanish class for skits. The show …
Last week within 24 hours I got to visit two venues in greater Los Angeles decades…actually over a century…apart in construction but with a common storytelling theme; to capture and excite those who entered their walls regardless of the result on the court or the field. That attention to detail now recaptured at The Rose …
It’s always interesting to see as chaos happens in certain aspects of business, who rises as a calming or thoughtful voice of reason. Oftentimes it can be thouse who have been through the grinder and emerged the other side as sage leaders who have learned from past mistakes. Sometimes they are opportunitists who reinvent themselves …
The Northeast may be covered in snow and the end of February looks a bit bleak, so here’s to a few positive best practices from the past week. The Pope Speaks: Mark Pope has not had the easiest of runs leading the University of Kentucky men’s basketball program. Having known Mark from his playing days …
As we close the Olympic Games I got into a conversation with a colleague about the success of Eileen Gu, the place those of different countries who train in America, and the debate the Vice President of the US stirred in Milan over Gu’s choice to represent China and her ancestral ties vs. the U.S. …
Wayyy back in 1980 as the U.S. Men’s hockey team pulled off “Miracle on Ice” the buzz around the sport of hockey was palpable, and anecdotally it was measurable as you saw sales and interest in the sport…and in the NHL which was struggling to find its balance at the time in many markets and …
Some fun notes for the week… Marquette Brings The Ashes: It hasn’t been the best of years for Marquette basketball, but the Jesuit school found a unique way to make sure the religious mojo was brought to their Wednesday…Ash Wednesday…game at FiServ Forum against St. John’s. Rev. John D. Laurance, S.J., Marquette men’s basketball team …
Sarah McLachlan and Brandy, John Tesh and Barack Obama, Ludacris, Shaboozey, and Two Friends, cause marketing events, Hall of Fame selection announcements, a new media partner in NBC (which provided a Super Bowl promo a week in advance as part of the deal), camera angles and content galore, and all the tech innovations that a …
