John Richardson is a popular blogger, speaker, and database administrator. His blog, Success Begins Today, features productivity and organizational ideas for business and personal use. John is always on the lookout for new things to make the working life more fun and creative. (click on the button to read the background for this series) John’s… Continue reading →

I am fortunate to have Sterling as one of my mentors since 2003. I met him at a time when I needed him most but did not know that I needed him. It has been a special relationship and I cherish that. Sterling Lanier is a Group Chair for Vistage, the pre-eminent organization for the… Continue reading →

Dr. Kirsten Harrell is a psychologist who is passionate about helping people connect with their essential spirit and use the power of positive thinking to transform their lives and create health, happiness, and success.  She has combined her expertise in positive psychology, stress management, mind-body therapies, and spirituality to provide cutting edge services to individuals… Continue reading →

Delaney J. Kirk, Ph.D., SPHR, is a Professor of Management at Drake University with 25 years of teaching experience. She has conducted teaching workshops at numerous academic conferences and schools including Columbia University, Duke University, University of Washington, University of Arkansas-Ft Smith, Graceland University, and Metropolitan Community College. She was the featured expert for the… Continue reading →

Paul Graham is an essayist, programmer, and programming language designer. In 1995 he developed with Robert Morris the first web-based application, Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998. In 2002 he described a simple Bayesian spam filter that inspired most current filters. He’s currently working on a new programming language called Arc, a new… Continue reading →

As founder and president of White Rabbit Group, Mike has focused his energies on creating a model of branding every business leader can grasp and apply to their organization: Brand Ownership. Mike’s understanding of creative and competitive business cultures was formed at Franklin Covey and Saturn where he witnessed how brand critical standards resulted in… Continue reading →

Chief Accomplishment Officer of Carpe Factum, Inc (formerly Delta Project Solutions, Inc.). Teaches MBA classes as well as consult on project management issues. Tim is the author of Race Through the Forest – A Project Management Fable and various articles. Other books and articles in progress. His clients have included Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, Teva Neurological Pharmaceuticals,… Continue reading →

Dr. Atanu Dey is a contrarian and delights in pointing out which bits of conventional wisdom is not all that wise. Thus he argues, for example, that the solution to the problems of rural India lies in urban areas; or that information and communications technology will not solve problems that are not at their core… Continue reading →

Kimberly Wiefling is the founder of Wiefling Consulting, a scrappy enterprise enabling individuals, teams and organizations to achieve results that seem out of reach or nearly impossible through leadership and project management excellence. A physicist by education, she spent 10 years at HP in technical leadership and project management roles, then 5 years in the… Continue reading →

Thomas is an internationally recognized award-winning documentary filmmaker.  Tom likes to tell people his films are like “MTV meets PBS!” Tom’s passion is branding organizations and transforming individuals through remarkable storytelling and authentic documentary filmmaking.   For over 20 years, organizations like The Travelers, Deloitte, Lincoln Financial Group, Epilepsy Foundation, Honeywell and Timex have counted… Continue reading →