Recently on a visit to one of our security operation centers (SOCs) in Boston, I had an occasion to stop and reflect. I was overcome with feelings of connectedness, gratitude, sadness, and optimism at once. Recent census numbers from my home city, Cleveland, represented a sad and real truth: 54 percent of all Cleveland school […]
Tech Experts Address Need to Attract and Retain Talent in Northeast Ohio
WARRENSVILLE HTS. — What’s the best way to attract technology talent to Cleveland? According to Lev Gonick, the CEO of OneCommunity, the city should take advantage of its “grittiness” because “one of the industries attracted to grittiness is tech.” Gonick was one of four panelists at the Oct. 1 Amplify Speaker Series luncheon at Corporate College […]
Bikram Yoga: A Secret Weapon in the Business World
For a number of years I practiced various types of yoga, from Kundalini to Hatha to Vinyasa. I have practiced on mountaintops around the globe, on beaches at each coast, ashrams, temples, monasteries, and multiple pop-up yoga studios. I remain a disciplined seeker of the joyous outcomes via yogic movement, breath, and pause. All along […]
Grow a company by aligning philanthropic participation to valued missions
A terrific way to gain credibility in the market place and gain traction in a region is to demonstrate dedicated and consistent giving and participation in a community over time. These efforts can be most impactful when missions of a company and the organizations it wishes to serve have alignment. It becomes even more impactful […]
Groundbreaking from the Start: how local companies helped shape the world
Published in Freshwater Cleveland, July 2014. “Cleveland historically has been home to entrepreneurs with innovations that helped shape the world as we know it today. From Charles F. Brush’s arc lamps that illuminated the streets of Wabash, Indiana in 1880, making it the first electrically lighted city in the world…” Read full article
The Game Changers That We Meet Along the Way
Every now and then God sends someone to show us exactly how it is supposed to be done. Recently that person for me was a women of many titles and roles. What a terrific and moving morning it was. Just what we all need. I attended the People First Conference in Cleveland. People First of […]
Reinvention – The Art of Transformation
This week, as the lighting ceremony takes place in downtown Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, I am called to think about “transformations.” It is amazing to think back to 2005, when I joined BlueBridge Networks, where Playhouse Square, Downtown, and the Cleveland region was and where it is and going today. It is amazing to consider the growth and […]
The Importance of Shopping Local in Northeast Ohio
Published on ThePlus Northeast Ohio website, March 2014. “A small business must be a good steward of its resources, including time, talent and dollars. As in all efforts it must maximize its efforts and investments. Attending a trade or business show is no different …” Read full article
Volunteering your services helps Cleveland become a better place
Published in Crain’s Cleveland Business, February 2014. “The national media frequently rank Cleveland and Northeast Ohio at or near the top of various notable lists. Increasingly, some of those lists illuminate glaring disparities about our area …” Read full article
Philanthropy is Part of a Good Business Model
As a business development professional, I have a focus and drive to be a change agent and thus grow revenue. I am hyper-focused on giving back to our community and world. The No. 1 reason for “giving back” should be because it is the right thing to do. Helping an individual or an organization by […]