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It was just a few years ago when friends and I discussed the inevitable departure of Joe Paterno at Penn State. Retired? Replaced? Removed? Now, it turns out, it’s his statue that got removed. Who would have conjured up that scenario. Today, the Nittany Lions will get their verdict from the NCAA. I am hoping for…
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I was born late into the fold. My brother and sister had already been in college when I arrived. So I grew up watching “chinese fire drill” around the dinner table: Dad chasing brother, mom trying to intervene and my sister, w/nothing to do, joining the commotion. It’s like Chevy Chase‘s National Lampoon Vacation in Europe, caught…
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The more you try, the less likely it works. Paradoxical as it may be, relationships don’t operate like other laws of physics or economics i.e. pour water in, out on the other end you get, if efficiently, the same amount. Sometimes, your ROI are so low that you wish you had never commited to it. That’s when…
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Marketers have had a field day over the last few decades: market fragmented and segmented. The former is a reality in our pluralistic society. The later, careful study and strategy to go after niche markets. Microtrend covers this very topic: knitting, teen markets etc…as long as the niche constitutes 1% of the total mass market. It’s a…
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Scientists just found out that Earth is much older than previously thought. It certainly has a way to maintain itself. Remember Tsunami and Fukushima? or the Louisiana oil spill and Katrina? At the time, we thought we couldn’t bear the grunt, but one by one, they are now behind us. Same thing with this summer ‘s drought and…
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Perhaps one of the places you wouldn’t like to visit these days is Happy Valley, PA. Heart of Penn State Football. Normally alumni would post home-game tickets as if they were for Albert Hall‘s Fab reunion concert. Now, it’s a place that is much condemned: punishment for Penn State, penalty for Penn State. Alumni started to…
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We can’t change history, but we can sure learn from it. Just view training film, freezeframing it, and nail down some take-aways. What did we do wrong? why? what did we fail to do? Where? Avoid assigning blame. Move forward. America is all about the future. Sarah who? Sandusky who? Just do it (BTW, Nike removed…
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The first comes natural. The second, involves an act of the will and intervention. Penn State will need to be transformed. Besides, it’s not the place. It’s the institutional mindset. We know this. We will do it, individually and collectively. It’s Sunday morning. I will use this day to reflect on my experience at Happy…
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Willful ignorance, kicking the can further down the road. Hoping it lands on someone else’s front yard. Problems got ignored, because if solved, it’s gonna cost. Penn State pedophile problem is one. One of us vs societal rule of law, subjectivity vs objectivity, warm feelings vs calm rationality. I read JoePa’s son’s op-ed in USA…
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Smart phones got computer, TV and phone screens, all in once. The combined screen. I was sitting in front of a lap top and an attached large screen. For a moment, I looked at one screen while the action took place at the other. To catch on, I need to follow the cursor to know where the…
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