A Tribute To Fathers
A happy Father’s Day to all those Monday Morning Mojo readers who celebrated this holiday yesterday. Today’s post will pay tribute to fathers in similar fashion to what I shared on Mother’s Day. Personal Shout Out To Jim Gradoville When I think about “hero” fathers, beyond my immediate experience, my good friend and long-time neighbor […]
Ideas, Inspiring Creativity & More
One of the most memorable training programs I attended when working at Ogilvy for more than three decades was a session led by our former CEO Miles Young. The course focused on “how to generate ideas”, specifically related to improving our creative product. Miles provided us with a book, “A Technique for Producing Ideas” by […]
How to Improve Your Odds in Life: Surface Area of Luck
“A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world,” once cautioned the famous British fiction writer, John le Carre. While travelling beyond our work-from-home environments has made getting out behind our desks more difficult, spreading your wings virtually can be the next best thing. Today’s Monday Morning Mojo is dedicated to improving […]
“Moms Out There, You Are The Real MVP”
A Mother’s Vision In November 2020 I had the honor of meeting Shuping Zhao. Shuping is not someone most of the Monday Morning Mojo community would come in contact with. She lives on a farm in the outskirts of Beijing, a neighborhood where she has lived all of her life. She is 61 years-old and […]
Advice For The Ages
Nearly 30 years ago I was sitting in a crowded conference room somewhere in Southeast Asia. The location is a bit blurred right now, but the advice shared lasted a lifetime. I was at one of the fantastic annual Ogilvy Asia conferences where we would meet with colleagues from around the region, listen, learn and […]
“Seek To Understand” – Gaining First-Hand Experiences To View The World
I have been thinking a lot lately about the biases shaping our world views. One repercussion of the pandemic lockdown has been the isolation people have experienced within their own homes, cities and locales, and their reliance on whatever information source they choose for news. One major downside of this dependence is the inability to […]
“Secrets to Eternal Happiness”
Paul Dresser, my elementary school PE teacher, then soccer coach and lifelong friend, knows the secret to eternal happiness. This guy is beloved by almost everyone he comes in contact with, and I am certain many of my friends from Flint, Michigan agree. PD, as many people know him, is rich in high quality relationships […]
One Mother’s Mission
Dear Friends, First, many thanks for all of the positive feedback on Issue #1 of the Monday Morning Mojo. This is definitely a labor of love for me. A Woman and A Mission As we celebrated Women’s Day last week, there is one woman who has inspired me over the past few years I feel […]
Welcome the Year of the Ox and Introducing the Monday Morning Mojo
February 12 officially welcomed the Year of the Ox, which according to many geomancers is poised to be a much better year than 2020, or the previous Year of the Rat. And, boy do we need that! I don’t need to list the number of events creating global anxiety, but let’s just say for most […]