Jer979's Blog

I sent my first email in 1991. Been many along the way, but today I received the most beautiful one ever. I had a bit of a stomach bug ove...

Maybe it was because I had been away for a few days. Or perhaps it was because the NFO needed to be out for most of the day and into the e...

GREAT article by Clay Shirky. One of my favorite thinkers.

My friend, Michael Einbinder-Schatz of Jobecca  sent me the following link. http://www.phillymag.com/articles/my-annual-110000-college-tuiti...

Oh man, this was just great. I am in Switzerland now and I got a temporary SIM card.  Once I logged on, I received this (which would go to...

As many know, the NFO doesn't like to be called out on the blog. Nameless, Faceless One is my spouse. That notwithstanding, her 40th b...

Full disclosure: I received a free sample for review purposes. I'll admit that I'm much more of a coffee drinker than a tea drinke...

Two books I just finished that I wanted to recommend. Particularly relevant for anyone who has to lead a group or an organization. The f...

If you have HBO (or access via Amazon Prime), I'd highly recommend you watch the 10 part mini-series produced by Spielberg and Hanks cal...

My friend, Ira, is one of the most intense sports fans I know. He is intelligent, insightful, and articulate on the subject.  With the only ...

These ideas of national holidays where you take off work are starting to seem anachronistic to me. As we move towards an economy of anytim...

We didn’t have a huge window for a long summer vacation this year, so we decided we would do a 3 day jaunt up/back to Niagara Falls. Our o...

This one says it about as well as I have seen. It may be 3, 5, 10 years, but it's coming.

For those of you following my periodic rant. Here’s another one . The education disruption is coming.

About 16 years ago, I had a conversation with my friend, Josh Feigelson, and we were remarking how we were living at one of the most unique ...

Heard a few things from various people that I wanted to document, if only for my own posterity. Why Now? One speculation is that Iran eg...

I have to admit that there is a streak of naivete within me. Every time that Hamas attacks Israel, true to its charter of destruction of t...

I took Paco to NYC for a short trip and a “bring your child to work day.” We rod the subway during rush hour. It was crowded and hot. He c...

Searching for a new leader for a spiritual organization is a process fraught with challenges and emotions. Throw in the old “2 Jews, 3 opi...

About 2 months ago, one of the sales guys at Sprinklr suggested that we do a customer event on a rooftop ov erlooking Wrigley Field in Chica...