Embrace the Chaos

One Hundred Billion Dollars just rolls off the tongue. With the pending IPO of Facebook, people throw out millions and billions like its no big deal. We read and hear about it in entrepreneurial magazines, in the elevator, in the movies and of course when we hear politicians refer to the public debt of our [...]

I took my 7 year old daughter bike riding the other day in the beautiful spring weather.  Sun was shining late into the afternoon and the air was warm with a hint of the coming summer.  She moved forward swiftly on the sidewalk in our neighborhood showing off her skills with a happy smile. Then [...]

With the cool air outside and kids fast asleep snug in their beds, I watched a little bit of TV last week.  I watched part of the chaos that happened in the Republican Presidential Debate on CNN.  I also watched something a little more fun – the World Series. What I found remarkable and interesting [...]

Once in a while you’ve got to kick yourself to get motivated in these times full of uncertainty, unpredictability, complexity and chaos. So this is my personal tough talk to myself as I left the house this Tuesday morning as I made my hour plus commute to the city. Hey Bob, Today’s the day to [...]

Over a catch-up dinner last week, a friend confided something I did not expect to come out of his mouth.  An executive with a big firm he said, “I’m starting to feel like a commodity.” Are we all becoming a commodity?  Are we so easily replaceable?  Is this what the chaos, uncertainty, unpredictability and complexity [...]