November 4th was the day of voting, counting and analyzing the data, but the change has been occurring gradually for years. 

Election day was a snapshot/freeze frame of a living breathing transformation in progress. 

Our world has been changing, our...

Did you hear it? When Tom Brokaw took a question from someone in Massachusetts?"What Don't You Know and How Will You Learn It?"Great question. Maybe not the right place for a genuine answer but fascinating to see the question sitting...

YOUR FORMULA FOR FEARYeah. It's a scary time. Or it least it is if you're following the economics of the US or the world. Or perhaps the entertainment industry. Or all three.Whether you're looking at the economy, the election or...

EXT - DAY - NYC STREET One of my first great jobs in NY was as an apprenticeeditor. I was hired to "schlep" dailies from the lab tothe office, then off for coding, then back for syncing,then out for telecine...

Great article in the NY Times about Jon Stewart and The Daily Show as they prepare for their official presence at the Democratic Convention in Denver."In fact, Mr. Stewart regards comedy as a kind of catharsis machine, a therapeutic filter...

What are the essential skills, qualities and awareness' that you wish you could magically clone and implant into your company's future leaders? The qualities are often silently embedded into the vision of a companies founders, their successful CEO, creative directors...

(I wrote this on the topic/challenge of our great songwriters to stay lyrically relevant in the later stages of their careers. This was after watcing "Amazing Journey" the great documentary about The WHO on the plane to NY. (Virgin America...

I've been thinking a lot about how a new form of leadership is being born, discovered, or perhaps like gems hidden underground, uncovered when it was always there the whole time. SPLITSVILLE My professional career was generally split between Hollywood...