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 […]
Fall Prose and Musings
Fall Prose and Musings As summer comes to a close with its last roses and slight warm gentle breezes, a subtle transition occurs. We evolve from summer’s predictability to the uncertainty of fall- maturation. This is a time of reflection where we integrate the memories and experiences of summer with the intense colors and changes […]
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 […]
BlueBridge leads the pack – delivering ten years of operational excellence in the data center arena
Published on the Associated Press newswire, August 2014. CLEVELAND (AP) — Northeast Ohio is hardly ready to usurp Silicon Valley as a high-tech mecca, but a growing number of data centers are choosing to locate in and around Cleveland to take advantage of cheap power, an abundance of fiber-optic cable and one of the safest […]
Personal and Professional Reinvention
In the spirit of the summer season it is appropriate to celebrate independence and be mindful of freedom. Having meaningful work adds value to one’s life. With work taking up so much of one’s life, it is a place where we can express our talents and abilities. Today’s work life and fabric is very different […]
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 […]
How Small Firms Can Make Customers Feel Safe Online
Published in Wall Street Journal – June 2014. “It’s hard enough for big companies to reassure customers that their sites are safe from hackers. So how do small companies make people feel safe? Simply having a site that’s well protected against attacks isn’t enough, especially when small businesses seem like much easier targets …” Read […]