When I first started writing these posts, my goal was to share experiences and lessons and not to rant. In this piece I am going to do a little of both because the recent Wells Fargo/Wachovia advertising campaign has my blood pressure up. On one hand I suppose one could make the case that […]

One has to really wonder whether anyone has a clue about the right business model especially for banks. Gretchen Morgenson wrote an excellent piece in the New York Times on January 18th, SundayBusiness section, “The End of Banking As We Know It“. She starts with, “the concept of the financial supermarket – the all-things-to-all-people, intergalactic, […]

This morning as I read the New York Times and a headline caught my attention, “For Homeland Security Nominee, Good Leadership Is in the Details”. The opening paragraph read as follows: PHOENIX — Janet Napolitano, the Arizona governor and nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security, has been busy the past few weeks with […]

I have been criticized by many of my friends for believing that America will come out of this recession faster and stronger than many believe. In this morning’s e-mail my daughter shared an e-mail she received from a recruiter in the sports marketing business. She shared it primarily because of the hockey metaphor but I […]

Searching the term “reboot” through a variety of Web services generally gives you the most common definition of turning off the computer or operating system and turning it back on. To reboot your system. We have all learned to do that when all else fails especially when there is a problem we cannot identify or […]

I cannot remember the circumstance that elicited the following advice but I try to follow and share it. Always be sure you are going to something and not away from something. This has helped me evaluate job changes and make personal decisions. It seems so appropriate right now. One cannot pick up a newspaper, listen […]

So what about the auto bailout?President-Elect Obama keeps stating this cannot be just a financial bailout but a solution that includes fixing “the problem”. Unless I have missed it, there appears to be little agreement on what is “the problem”. What do you think the probability of success will be when there does not appear […]

So much for change and a new beginning.  Nancy Pelosi is giving directives to the auto industry to come back with a plan.  This morning I read that David Axelrod has joined the “us versus them” camp rather than the “we” camp.  As I read about the new appointees to government and the change that […]