The Leading Edge - No Country for (Angry) Old Men or Women - Are you listening Hillary and John McCain?

Mark Goulston — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:16:04 -0400

Hillary Clinton waged a negative campaign and it sounds like
John McCain is getting bankrolled to do the same thing. Barack Obama can be occasionally pulled down
to that level, but clearly he doesn't like to engage in dirty or negative
politics.

Is the guy chicken? Is he afraid to engage in a knock down
drag out battle? Or is something else
going on?

What Does Walmart Know?

Terry Tamminen — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:17:32 -0400

Last week I visited Walmart’s annual sustainable packaging conference in
Bentonville, Arkansas. I learned that
the first such meeting took place in a conference room in Walmart’s

Jenna Bush Makes Parents Look Good

Ruth Sherman — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:39:44 -0400

Invitation to a Party

Marcia Conner — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:43:17 -0400

Many of my colleagues recently attended the Web2.0Expo in San Francisco. From over 2K miles away I followed those twittering the fine details, longing for a way to easily get to the West Coast. This expo captivated my attention because the world live web, by its very nature, invites each of us to learn.

The Leading Edge - Election '08 - The Best Man for the Job is a Woman

Mark Goulston — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:36:57 -0400

I love flip-flopping as I look at the Presidential campaign through the lens of emotional intelligence. Maybe I should run for office.

Here goes my current iteration.

Obama is a charmer, not a fighter. Clinton is a fighter, not a charmer. Clinton is a bulldog and it’s beginning to “feel” like Obama is slinging a lot of bull.

Given how uphill a battle it seems to get anything accomplished, I can see the advantage of a bulldog over someone with charm, but possibly not much else.

The Leading Edge - Post PA Primary Debrief - Looking for Leverage in All the Wrong Places

Mark Goulston — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:34:22 -0400

It’s not what you can do (Obama) or what you will do (Clinton),
it’s what you’ve already done
that has made a positive, lasting and measurable difference
that earns you leverage.

I
was trying to figure out my mixed feelings after the Pennsylvania
primary and where my ambivalence towards Obama and Clinton comes from.

Welcome Back, Comma.

Ruth Sherman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:41:12 -0400

I have noticed that the lowly comma is making a return to written communication. I have missed it terribly over the past several years and so it is good to see it back.

I had always wondered why it got lost. In asking friends and colleagues about it, people would almost brag about not using them, saying they cluttered things up or were old-fashioned. I would disagree vociferously, taking the position that commas make reading easier.

EXCLUSIVE: Video of RZA Announcing Wuchess.com

Adisa Banjoko — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:25:32 -0400

Never say Adisa Banjoko didn't hook you up!

Wuchess is history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pphl9CFwHMY

NBC 11 coverage of HHCF:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH8kBM2YDS8

www.wuchess.com

-Adisa Banjoko

Work/Life: TurboTax - crunching words as important as crunching numbers

Lynette Chiang — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:01:18 -0400

Last post I detailed my 24-hour worryfest over a TurboTax glitch.

It turned out no more sinister than a doh! from deep in the bowels Intuit HQ.

The TurboTax damage control unit are all over me now.

Someone saw my mayday on FastCompany and hit DEFCON 10.

The Leading Edge - Deja Pu - Obama, Clinton and O.J. Simpson

Mark Goulston — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:28:40 -0400

"This
Presidential campaign is starting to be a circus," my friend proclaimed to me.

Talk about
flashbacks. I immediately thought of the
O.J. Simpson criminal trial in which I served as an advisor to the
prosecution. I remember what started out
as the chance to showcase to the world how justice could be served by the
sequential and orderly presentation of indisputable evidence turned by mid-trial
into anything but that. Somewhere along