Stories of Fraud

A friend of mine works at a large bank.  She works in the fraud department, and as a result, she sees the best and worst of  people as they try to scrape by.  A few examples: – People playing their mortgage with credit card convenience checks.  BAD idea.  With...

Sharing What’s in My Mental Sketchpad

This post is as much for me as it might be for you, my patient readers.    These are things I am thinking about and mulling over- Things I’m playing with, and things I’d love to chat with others about, if only to get second opinions. 1.  How do we build...

Perspective- How do you see it?

DSCF5324.JPG Originally uploaded by wsh1266 In law school, I finally realized that the determination of truth is often more subjective than objective. In the law, each side in a case presents their version or spin on the facts, with supporting documents in the form of...

Thinking About Play

The good people down at Commonwealth Academy recently put me in touch with Dr. Stuart Brown, who is the founder of the National Institute of Play.  Dr. Brown has a new book coming out in March entitled Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and...

Social Media + Business = Tupperware Party

I just read an interesting post over at Chris Brogan’s site about the Tricky Path of Brand Relationships.  And while commenting, it hit me like a ton of bricks- Social Media is A Tupperware Party. In the “mommy world”, women are often invited to...