Santa’s Accountability Problem

Trust during the holiday season is freely given. It must be something about the charitable feeling and spirit around the  month between the day after Thanksgiving and the day after Christmas. Whatever the psychological, theological or emotional motive this feeling of trust  springs from, the public is sure to hear Read more…

A Suggested Donation

Placing trust and value in a process that is not fee based—instead is given away for free, a low cost or for a “suggested donation”—is the future in an abundant, connection based economy where, ultimately at the end of the day, everyone will be giving something away for nothing. “Well, Read more…

Quality is Job One

Trust is evident when a company, organization, association or individual promotes themselves, their ideas, their products or their services online, either via social media or via search. Trust works in a social sense (again, both on and off line) because without a relationship, even if it’s a tangential one, connection Read more…

My First Job

In the spirit of the blog series going around LinkedIn, featuring thought leaders and influencers writing about the first jobs that they had, some of which laid the foundations for attaining the success and influence they currently enjoy, I want to add to the noise by writing about my first Read more…

The Final Conflict

Our societal focus tends to be on the beginning and the middle of a life. And the events that clog up the middle of a life. You know the ones: school, single hood, marriage, kids and retirement. But in the youth oriented society that we have unarguably built over the Read more…

[Opinion] Rendering Unto Peace

There is nothing more capitalistic and freedom loving than making peace. Think about it. Two people come together to agree (or disagree) on an issue. The issue gets resolved, gets to stalemate or gets blown up, but no matter what happens, the people involved in the process (the warring parties Read more…