Don Owens
2 min read
Rodin's Thinker is Pondering the Infinite
Musee Rodin in Paris is a visual delight and provides the quintessential opportunity to stroll and reflect as many hope to do on their...
Don Owens
2 min read
When a Staff Member Disappoints Us
Some of the most frustrating moments in our work come from a revelation of bad actions from someone in whom we greatly invested. After...
Don Owens
5 min read
Terminate Those Who Take The Seat of Honor
The most dangerous people in your organization are those who take the seat of honor. What is the seat of honor? Physically, it may be the...
Don Owens
3 min read
A Packraft is Expanding My World
I finished my meeting with a reinsurance partner in Keene, New Hampshire and was headed back to my hotel in Manchester. The end of June...
Don Owens
3 min read
Lessons From The Most Famous Climber
My climbing adventures included a fifty foot fall from a cliff, that somehow I survived. A friend who watched me fall later said, "I...
Don Owens
4 min read
“The Machine Stops” Holding Tech in Check
A vast amount of technological invasion is now accepted by the average person with little thought of how the tech they invite dehumanizes...
Don Owens
3 min read
The Dependable Predecessors of the Tech Superheroes
Last week the Wall Street Journal called for the death of the Tech Superhero, citing the missteps of demigod entrepreneurs such as...
Don Owens
2 min read
"To Have and Have Not" - Managing Clients
"Hemingway Lives" by Clancy Sigal is a great short read from OR Books, and I stand with Sigal in stressing the value in reading Hemingway...