I’m  thinking out loud again.  This time about high school and college students trying to figure out what to study and what kind of life they want to build. Recently,...

Happy New Year! My 2025 Year in Review.  My work friends will recognize my OCDness and my love of scorecards.  Apologies to all if it’s bragging. In no particular...

  I just experienced the 1st direct, explicit impact on my life by the Trump Tariffs, albeit a minor one in the grander scheme of things.  (I imagine I’ve experienced a lot of indirect...

Part 1.  Attention senior leaders. If your organization isn’t already all over experimenting, adopting, and scaling AI, you will soon be a zombie.  What...

    Preamble:     I’ve had, to me, an interesting life.  I never expected, much less planned, its twists and turns.  There are 2 common threads:  1.) being close to diversely talented...

In 1956, when most classrooms still had chalkboards and film projectors, our third-grade class in Hagerstown suddenly had a TV.   Not for cartoons — for school. We...

Thinking Out Loud here. As always, I’m inviting comments and perspectives.   2 totally unrelated items in the most recent issue of the Harvard Business Review (HBR, Jul-Aug...

5 years of revenue and profit decline. Terrible product quality. Customers openly unhappy. And the biggest competitor? Owned by our customers. That was the situation when I...

Probably because of my outreach to legislators in connection with my advocacy for election reform, I get quite a few email newsletters from Maryland’s state delegates and senators and...

I listened to a podcast today from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on AI.  The participants were a BCG human moderator, a BCG human AI expert, and a BCG AI chatbot named GENE.  You...

I recently completed Lifeguard certification (American Red Cross) and a certificate course in AI & Career Empowerment (University of Maryland Smith School of Business) … and acted...

While catching up on reading, I came across a brief but chilling article in Time titled: “New Lab Partner: Why AI Models Could Help Prevent – or Cause – the Next Pandemic.” The...

Just to show that I’m not always buzzkill. So … Baltimore Heritage is a non-profit which is “dedicated to saving historic buildings and revitalizing neighborhoods … [and celebrating]...

I am conflicted about this.  I am skeptical that when push comes to shove, institutional investors will choose to invest in “no-layoff companies” that deliver lower growth and...