Thanks in Advance
Mom would frequently quip that she’d recognize us kids as fully formed adults when we finally remembered to bring our own Kleenex with us so as to not be perpetually dunning them off of her. Proud to say this suggestion took hold around the age of 27 for me, and I have been dutifully tissue-toting […]
The “Oooh” in Minutia
Along with a mattress store that is NOT having a giant sale, I have found it near impossible to encounter a professional who has never been to a poorly run meeting. Meetings can account for a healthy slice of the typical workweek pie chart, and it’s virtually inevitable that a clunker comes along within the […]
It’s In Him And It’s Gotta Come Out
Hastings Street In 1943 a black man who had been homeschooled in Tutwiler, Mississippi relocated to Detroit and took a job with the Ford Motor Company. For the next five years, he worked by day at the factory, and by night he immersed himself in the heart of the black entertainment district on Hastings Street, […]
Starting with Hum
Hum is a fun word. Only three letters – a short vowel sandwiched between two soft consonants. Sounds like what it is, which is more than most words can say. I wanted hum to be in the titling and concept of this new consulting initiative because it’s such a perfect word. Shout, Blurt, Whine and […]