Catching Up Over Coffee

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Scene: Local coffee shop. After a couple of crazy weeks, we finally have time to have a cuppa together. I just got my vanilla americano and you just got your (insert name of fancy coffee drink). We’re looming around a bit looking for a place to sit. Two old guys fold up their newspapers and get [...]

Rethinking the Return on Relationship

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I hated the term “Return on Relationship” the first time I read it. I had been screwed over and used by a few people that I considered friends around the time that this phrase was becoming popularized. I wasn’t wrong about being upset that people were talking about cashing in on  friendships, but I might have [...]

2011: What a Year!

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I knew it was going to be a big one, but I had not idea what was coming. The year started off with a fabulous trip to Ford headquarters in Detroit. You know what? 9 degrees in January is really not that bad! As part of a group of bloggers and journalists hosted by Ford, [...]

Back Seat Fun

Still going through all my notes and video from the Forward with Ford event this week. For now, I thought I’d show you some of the experience. Safety is a top priority at Ford. What better way to demonstrate the capability of their cars to safely navigate through weather than to flood a track, stick [...]

Looking Forward with Ford

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I’m at Ford corporate headquarters in Dearborn right now. I’m being overwhelmed with information, but it’s all good stuff. There are nearly 200 writers here learning about how Ford is using future trends to shape their cars and the way they do business. Among the trends we’re covering are Youth Influence, Aging Population, and Emerging [...]