How we communicate and why it matters
Technology on Vacation
Our friends down the Peninsula reminded us that we left “some sort of speaker” at their Little Cottage last year. They thought we might want to take it to the cottage we’re renting this month.Turns out it was the kind of speaker where you plug your iPhone...
Month Away
Here is how Month Away starts: I finished Cutting for Stone last night. One of the best novels I’ve ever read. My husband and son, now headed back to Cincinnati, are taking it back to the library. [Tonight. Right?]This is my first hour of a month in...
Show Me Your Thinking
1814. The United States is more than two years into a war we can’t afford. And can’t afford to lose. Albert Gallatin has left his post as Secretary of the Treasury to help John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay and a few other diplomats negotiate a peace treaty...
I heard what I heard. I saw what I saw.
I went to hear a classical pianist last week – my first live classical music in many, many years. The concert reminded me that music, like words, can create meaning that goes far beyond what the writer intended.I grew up in a home where classical music...
Speed to Market
Speed to Market requires an idea that’s been vetted and an organization that is set up to deliver. The best companies employ a full regimen of tools and processes to make it happen – best practices for generating ideas, assessing competition, estimating...
Context, Questions and Clues
Sometimes, the most important question is the one you don't ask.Last winter, my veterinarian called to say that my dog had an elevated liver enzyme. He recommended an expensive and invasive round of tests to confirm his suspicion: a potentially fatal...