And I mean that in the best possible way.
Swimming with the sharks
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‘Sup?
Sitting at dinner one night in Durham, North Carolina, with the Chief Commercial Officer of Ridge Diagnostics, the lab manager and the medical director, we enjoyed east Indian food and discussed the progress that Ridge had made. We were intently engaged with each other, conversing in easy hand-offs, building on one another’s comments or questions. It was like watching four people build something in seamless coordination. That kind of interaction is only possible when all parties are completely present, aware of each other and intent upon keeping the connection strong.
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Auspicious consumption
Why is it that the word “consumption” has been inextricably bound to the adjective “conspicuous”, and the phrase has come to mean a condemnation of our consumer-based economy?
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Thoughts from January 2008, pre-recession…
January 7, 2008 (With 2011 notes)
As the 2007 shopping days of Christmas fade behind us, a look forward seems in order.
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