While I pondered what this title meant to me, there were a variety of angles that came to mind. However, I wanted to discuss it in the context of restoring our humanity. When I was a child we lived in an apartment complex in SE Washington, DC, where we were one of the first Black …
When we were children, our parents always told us to be careful who we hung around. Little did they know how right they were. While their intentions were to keep us from spending time with those who could potentially get us into trouble, their warnings had a much greater meaning on a psychological level. The …
As entrepreneurs we are inspired by needs we discover and the wealth to be made in their fulfillment, but we don’t always act. While there are many reasons why, I want to put into your consciousness the power of “doubt”. But before we have that part of the conversation, I would ask you to consider …
Over the past decade, I have been brought into organizations to address issues that have challenged their growth. One thing I have always found interesting is the difference between business owners who begin describing the problem by talking about what was wrong and who or what was responsible for the occurrence and those who look …
As recently as this morning, I’ve had conversations with colleagues lamenting the difficulty in finding employees at all, never mind top-quality employees. After he finished, I reminded him of the story of the current Creative Director of GUCCI, Alessandro Michele. Mr. Michele had been working for Gucci since 2002 and served under the previous Creative …
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