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Fruity flavors: Nicotine & tobacco in a smoke-free state
26 July 2010 7:55 PM | No CommentsI hadn’t realized how jarring it is to see people smoking indoors until I watched two DVDs this month. Barbra Streisand, as Katy in 1973’s “The Way We Were” smoked throughout the movie, including during her pregnancy. And from the land of television, Tim Robbins...
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Angels in Minnesota
26 July 2010 7:03 AM | No CommentsAngels are coming to Minnesota — at least that is the hope. The legislature is betting on the old Field of Dreams saying “If you build it, they will come” and hoping it will apply to angel investors and venture capital dollars over the next...
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Gathering ’round the Campfire
22 July 2010 12:29 PM | No CommentsLast Monday I became a parody of myself. I took to the woods with my ten-year-old son, accompanying six of his friends, and some of their parents to Scout Camp in Wisconsin. Our kids are Webelos, going into fifth grade. We joined around 100 other...
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Gathering ’round the Campfire
Posted on July 22, 2010 | No CommentsLast Monday I became a parody of myself. I took to the woods with my ten-year-old son, accompanying six of his friends, and some of their parents to Scout Camp in Wisconsin. Our kids are Webelos, going into fifth grade. We joined around 100 other... -
One of those days…
Posted on June 16, 2010 | No CommentsA few weeks ago, my friend and fellow blogger Jeff Urban wrote a great piece here, the Little Known Secret to Increasing Productivity. He was inspired by some relevant work by Tony Schwartz. Jeff boiled it down for us: sleep enough, eat healthy food, and... -
Taking the Pledge
Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments“I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands…” To take the Pledge of Allegiance is a remarkable act, which is often (nearly universally) overlooked. The first pledge, composed by Franics Bellamy in 1892,... -
Leading with Vision and Reality
Posted on April 1, 2010 | 1 CommentAs a citizen interested in public policy, I find it vexing that we often cannot know whether programs are working as intended. A political environment of widespread mistrust (and sometimes childish bickering) does little to illuminate the underlying risks of any proposed policy. Sometimes it... -
Tax returns got you down? Buck up…
Posted on February 15, 2010 | No CommentsThe greatest pleasure of my work at the Hill Center comes in meeting leaders who are committed to making a difference in the community. When I heard about the work of AccountAbility Minnesota, I was impressed by an organization that provides free tax services to... -
Vision, Past and Present
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsYears ago, I was flying east on a brilliant Winter morning. I looked down upon a gleaming city: white clouds crowned great structures glazed in fresh snow, set beside the deep blue of Lake Michigan. It was breathtaking. Moments later, the pilot noted that we... -
Leading from the Bottom, Up
Posted on December 9, 2009 | 4 CommentsIt is such a pleasure to contribute to Leadership and Community for the first time. It’s also much easier to read than to write! Haunted by a blank electronic page, I made an executive decision: my laptop and I might as well do battle over...
