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What My Fathers Taught Me
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Our Father’s Day series continues with this post by Andrew Horsfield. Many years ago, we had a creative director who believed in celebrating birthdays for a full month. Andrew’s Father’s Day story wasn’t quite ready for last Sunday, but we still wanted to tell it.
First, to the very picky and very official editorial staff of [...]
Magic on a Shoestring
Saturday, April 10th, 2010We’re returning to The Edge after a longer absence than we expected! In the next couple of weeks, watch this space for one of our clients’ insights on the cost of not bringing in professional support to capture conference content effectively, plus news on our move to a virtual office.)
Today, I plan to spend my [...]
Why I Consider My Golf Club an Essential Business Tool
Friday, July 3rd, 2009Call it an age thing.
I realized the other day that I spend an inordinate amount of time playing golf, or attending golf tournaments, or talking about golf, or organizing my own golf tournament just so I can play golf. And I don’t even golf all that well!
But when I look around at a [...]
Find your joy
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Last Monday evening Kathleen and I attended the Canadian AIDS Society’s inaugural World AIDS Day gala at the Delta Ottawa.
It was a lovely evening. Good food and drink. Napkins artfully rolled and twisted into the shape of the red ribbon of the CAS logo. Congenial company. Between the gala itself and the auction, a significant [...]
President Obama
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008CHICAGO—This blog post comes to you from a departure lounge at O’Hare International Airport, where I’m about to board a flight to the Concepts Worldwide Advisory Board meeting in San Diego County.
Getting there has meant passing through the state that gave the United States its next president, and the world its best hope, less than [...]
Making Every Minute Count
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008MONTREAL – I’ve sent an inordinate number of emails lately in which I’ve urged friends, colleagues, and relatives to be well, take care of themselves, and appreciate that special spark they carry out into the world.
Don’t worry. I haven’t suddenly mutated into a motivational speaker.
My tone has shifted over the last couple of weeks because [...]
A light goes on
Monday, August 11th, 2008A few years ago, I tucked “The Clapper” into my wife’s Christmas stocking, and then helpfully installed it on a living room lamp.
Sadly, we could not clap the lamp on and off. It did, however, go on and off in response to the sound of a sneeze, the barking of our dog, and the laughter [...]