Intellectual Extinction

Intellectual Extinction

More than 30 years ago, when I was but a newbie in what turned out to be my last corporate gig (thank God), I worked for one particularly inept Vice President in the proverbial Home Office. One of the VP’s responsibilities was for the national sales...
Experiencing the Customer-Experience Experience

Experiencing the Customer-Experience Experience

In January, a gentleman who’s one of my LinkedIn connections and whose thinking I admire greatly, published an article that gave me pause. It was called, “4 Customer Experience Trends and Predictions for 2018”. I wanted to take it at face value and...
Ageism is Getting Old

Ageism is Getting Old

Enough already with ageism. I may be insensitive. But I’m not young. And ageism is just another card played from the ever-growing deck of victimhood. It’s another special interest. It’s childish and irresponsible because this is its underlying...
What We Did On Our Spring Vacation

What We Did On Our Spring Vacation

This past weekend, my wife and I had the opportunity to flee the confines of Connecticut for the pampering peace of the Woodstock Inn & Resort in Woodstock, Vermont. As we drove north on I-91 Friday afternoon, we encountered flourishing fusillades of flying...
Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation

I was recently involved in a LinkedIn thread in which digital transformation was being discussed. Since I don’t understand what digital transformation means — and since I didn’t get the sense from any of the other comments in the thread that any of the...