• December 20, 2012 – Like many aspects of good management practice, drafting a sound strategy is not especially difficult.  Corporate strategy is not rocket science.  There are certain steps considered &...
  • December 2012  – J Street co-founder Jay Kerness and I are not big fans of New Year's resolutions, (although Jay usually does go to the gym in January so he can say he “started working out this year”).  Resolutions or not, I am a proponent of reflection and renewal,...

  • October 1, 2012 – My son does not always get his homework done.  That’s not really news – he is 16, in high school, and while he does well on tests and knows his material, turning in homework is just not always a priority.  Like I said, not much news there...

  • June 18, 2012 – One of the oldest jokes in business is about advertising:  "We know that half of all your advertising dollars are wasted.  We just don’t know which half.”

  • February 6, 2012 – It’s hard to write a blog about yesterday’s Super Bowl without sounding like Dana Carvey’s “Grumpy Old Man” SNL character.  “When I was a kid…. (grumble)… growing up in the...

  • May 27, 2011 – There are many things that make this a great country:  The amazing intellectual power of the founders of our constitutional republic; our assimilation over the generations of literally thousands of diverse ethnic, religious and linguistic groups

  • June 2, 2010 – J Street CEO, Jim Wolfe, on MSNBC. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/37455056#37455056. Commentary from J Street CEO Jim Wolfe was featured in today's MSNBC story about a Virginia...
  • February 15, 2010 – The passing of 2009 into the history books was supposed to be a relief.  Remember the holiday cards last December with hand written notes hoping for “a happier New Year” and promising...
  • December 5, 2009 – “Zhu Zhu what?”  This was my reaction when I sat down to read the paper this morning.  Apparently, small toy hamsters are this year’s Tickle Me Elmo, and frantic parents are camped out at Toys R Us to...
  • November 18, 2009 – Having spent a good amount of time over the last several years working in various regions of the US, we have become very aware of the need for professionals in economic and workforce development to enhance their outreach efforts. &...