NowBlu Archives

REFLECTIONS ON THE WORLDBLU FORUM BY ITS FOUNDER

The first-of-its-kind WorldBlu Forum just ended yesterday and I am on a high. Over 150 people from countries such as China, Iraq, South Africa, Slovakia, the Bahamas, Mexico, Denmark, France, Germany and from all across the US came. Wow. It was a dream come true to watch it all happen after a year of [...]

JOHN MAYER AND “BLU” LEADERSHIP

According to John Mayer, the three-time Grammy-award winning guitarist/singer/songwriter, he’s not a “bluesman” he’s a “blues man.”
But I think he’s also a “blu” man and here’s why:
The last two Saturday nights, I’ve had the privilege of seeing John Mayer and the sold-out John Mayer Trio play the blues in Myrtle Beach, SC and Atlantic City, [...]

FREEDOM-CENTERED LEADERSHIP + THE MILITARY: MY SPEECH AT THE US NAVAL ACADEMY

Today I gave a keynote address on freedom-centered leadership at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland as a part of the Corbin Leadership Summit. I was a bit flabbergasted when they asked me to come speak at the bastion of command-and-control about the virtues of organizational democracy and freedom-centered leadership. After all, when [...]

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