“A sinister cabal of superior writers.”
This week Technorati’s Blog Crtics published another article I wrote entitled “From the Boardroom To The Barnyard”.  (This is my fifth article )
This latest piece chronicles my journey working with corporate America to The Concept Farm. Writing the article enabled me to put on my asset-based thinking lenses and reflect [...]

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This week I read a report about students at Mundelein High School outside of Chicago who are experimenting with simplifying their lives. It’s part of an empathy exercise for teens to see and feel what it’s like to go without certain conveniences….in ABTeen terms it’s called “trading places”. These teens made a commitment to go [...]

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I came across a great example of smart, savvy and enlightened Asset-Based Thinking in action in Canada. In this economy advertising agencies have been forced to layoff some very talented creative people. The upside, if there is one, is that agencies are flooded with resumes of excellent talent….unfortunately even agencies that are doing well aren’t [...]

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The marketing communications business has been hit hard by the current economic climate. In some ways it’s a leading indicator industry. Marketing budgets are the first to be cut when there’s weakness and the first to come back on signs of strength. Having been through a few of these in my 40+ year career (did [...]

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Last week I saw a great example of Asset-Based Thinking in action when I watched a VIDEO of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s press conference about a new Citywide initiative called “Pass It On”. The “Pass It On”  press release describes it as the first of its kind in the nation program specifically designed [...]

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Asset-Based Thinking works wonders in both tough times and good times. When things are going well it’s easier to notice what’s working, appreciate the resources around us and enlist allies and advocates. Scanning for and appreciating assets in good times is simpler, since most of the assets available to us are visible and “on the [...]

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