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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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What “Size” Should Your Network Be?
Posted on May 12, 2010 | 3 CommentsWith the onslaught of social media there seems to be a natural scoring system for measuring a person’s network. I first noticed it on LinkedIn. LinkedIn initially limited the profiles you could “see” based upon 3 degrees of separation. You could only see the LinkedIn... -
What kind of shoes walk into your meetings?
Posted on September 21, 2009 | 9 CommentsAs director of the Leadership Twin Cities program I enjoy all sorts of presentations on our region. Some focus on community issues, others on our business culture and our economic vitality. Curt Johnson, co-founder of CitiStates Group, is a perennial speaker to this group. He...
