Today starts our trip to NY for the Fortune Innovation Forum. I won't be posting much today. Travelling wears me out - and I'm starting out at a handicapp, having spent many days putting in overtime to prepare for this, while keeping up with client work. We're very excited (Tom... Read more →

As Tom and I prepare to go to NY, for the Innovation Forum conference, I'm struck by how things change, and yet, remain the same. It almost seems as if the world has finally woken up to the power of a woman's purse, but - the truth is, they've known... Read more →

We're on the road again. In a few moments. Traveling to Binghamton (well, really Endicott and Johnson City) to visit the family for Thanksgiving. This year we're not renting out the church hall, as we have done in year's past. Just a few of us (not the usual 45+ that... Read more →

I've been trying to find time to write about the books I'm reading - for some time, now. Reading is a pasttime that I enjoy to the hilt - or, rather, used to enjoy to the hilt. Now...I fit it in where I can. On my recent trip to Asheville,... Read more →

Mine is. Since I started this blog I've met more fascinating and friendly people [like Anita, and Tris] than I could ever imagine. Some are more friendly than others - some are just bubbling with energy and ideas - and some are laid-back and quiet. All are on my list... Read more →

Lots of good news to write about - when I have time! TODAY - our chapter of the Amer. Marketing Assoc. [RAMA] is sponsoring a luncheon at which - drumroll please! - Seth Godin is speaking! Jennifer Young, our outstanding program chair nabbed him at a conference a few months... Read more →

"In a historic year, strong women take charge at PepsiCo, ADM and Kraft." So, says the cover of October's issue of Fortune magazine, underneath a pic of the three women mentioned. The article is a yearly look at the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business," something Fortune started writing about... Read more →

Yesterday was a good day. A great day. An exhausting day. My CEO Fellows group met at the Rochester Country Club. There were 10 of us, plus Bruce Peters, the facilitator, and Lee Thayer the presentor. I suspect Lee would object to that title - presentor - since what he... Read more →

A week or so ago I was watching the evening news and one of the anchors mentioned a study showing that boys in school were NOT being adversely affected by the attention paid to girls, as has been widely reported in such respected journals as Psychology Today. I don't remember... Read more →

Found this great post over at Divita Speaks (say...that's a familiar name, gosh...it's MY name; ok, this is my daughter's blog) and had to share. Benecia, one of the blog's writers, shared some inspiring content I hadn't seen before, and that seems especially relevant right now. I'm busy making lemonade... Read more →