by Mark O'Brien | Apr 1, 2019
I once got a call from the publisher of a trade publication. The publisher and the publication shall remain unnamed to protect the stupefyingly unbelievable. I was in the T.F. Green airport in Providence, Rhode Island, when I received the call. I vividly remember that...
by Mark O'Brien | Mar 25, 2019
As you may have surmised from this post and myriad others, I’m no fan of Harvard Business Review (HBR). Maybe it isn’t fair to say I’m not a fan. Perhaps it’s more accurate to say I don’t see the point of publishing things that are patently apparent to sentient...
by Mark O'Brien | Mar 18, 2019
In the beginning was the Narrative, and the Narrative was with Global Warming, and the Narrative was Global Warming. (Al Gore 1:1) Then the Narrative was with Climate Change, and the Narrative was Climate Change. Then all Hell broke loose. The polar vortex that...
by Mark O'Brien | Mar 11, 2019
Before you cast those vacation plans in concrete or book flights for your next business trip, you may want to take a look at this: “Our galaxy is due to crash into its neighbor—but when?” At risk of alarmism:Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is destined to collide with...
by Mark O'Brien | Mar 4, 2019
The older of my two sons, Sean, started coaching basketball — at Saint Timothy, a Catholic Middle School in West Hartford, Connecticut — when he was just 22. It was his calling. He only lost one game in his first two seasons. That loss was the final game of the New...
