Following my recent lecture at Tennessee Tech University, there were precious few minutes before the next class was to begin in the same lecture amphitheater. So I didn’t really get time to speak to many students following my talk. However, one student made a special effort to speak to me. She was a non-traditional student, […]
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An Encounter with Joseph
I recently wrote about an incident that occurred at a Marriott and my arranging for a ride to the airport. The driver in that story is a nice young man named Joseph. He was in a tough spot, his manager and the meeting planner made a change in plans that directly conflicted with the specific […]
Embracing the Black Swan
One of the early peaks in my Grounded keynote is where I am describing my reaction in 1979 to not seeing the Bahamas Islands where they should have been. I go on to describe this as a “black swan” event, something that is totally unexpected. I have a worksheet that I use for the attendees […]
Prepare and Launch
Recently I spoke a keynote on Grounded, at the campus of Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville TN. This keynote a part of their executive presenter series for the Business School. Dr. Thomas Payne is the Dean of the Business School, and he knew about me from my speaking for the Tennessee Bankers Association. He was […]
Telling The Whole Story
I gave a Grounded Workshop to a strategy class at Valdosta State University. This class is a required course for all Business School seniors. It is an inter-disciplinary with students majoring in accounting, economics, business, finance, and marketing all mixed in together. The professor is Dr. Jon Krispin. Jon is a good friend; we go […]
The Power of Books
The other day, I was at a large payments conference in Phoenix Arizona. This conference was put on by NACHA and is attended by the executive management of all of the countries regional payments associations. I had recently delivered a keynote address for WACHA, one of the regional associations, based in Wisconsin, and I had […]
A Grounded Moment at the Hotel
I was speaking today at the Marriott Madison West in Madison Wisconsin. My keynote was to end at 4:45, but I was anticipating that it might start late and thus end late. I had another keynote the next day and needed to make a 6:45 flight at the airport. So in advance, I checked […]
Staying Grounded Signing Grounded
My new book, Grounded, was published on Friday April 1, 2016. No joke. On April 5, 2016, I did a keynote on Grounded for 325 attendees in Madison for the Wisconsin ACH Association (WACHA). This event was booked months ago, but, as it turned out, this was the first keynote when the book was published. Somehow, […]
Empowering Self Service
This month, I will join the board of directors of Citizens Community Bank located in Valdosta Georgia. I am triumphal that they would consider me an asset, and I am ready to roll up my sleeves and help this mid-sized community bank prosper in the coming years. One of the biggest issues they face is […]
Can Two Wrongs Make a Right?
I know a bit about sailboats. Powerboats? Not so much. I own a 23’ Proline center console, fishing boat, which I keep at a marina in the panhandle of Florida. I recently decided to move the boat from one marina to another one about 75 miles away but closer to our home in South Georgia. […]