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I'm old, staring down 80. I'm a Marine sniper in Nam, an unlikely corporate executive, author, father, and grandfather, and married to the same woman for nearly 60 years. I'm just sharing stories I've lived with a few opinions thrown in. Enjoy!
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Wind Tunnel? No, a Hurricane! (opens the original)
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When I left off my installment, Stepping Into the Wind Tunnel, I was leaving my boss’s office, surprised that he had little or no interest in my daughter’s rape and in what might be required of me to help her and our family through a bone-jarring crisis. He would not disappoint me again, as he never once asked about her, ever.The degree of difficulty went up exponentially, dealing with my personal circumstances and a job requiring worldwide travel and a very squirrely boss. He seemed to be growi
Stepping Into the Wind Tunnel (opens the original)
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When I left off my journey through Corporate America, lots of things were happening, and I hadn’t seen anything yet. One thing that baffled me was why, as VP of Worldwide Logistics, I was assigned a corporate lawyer. He sat in on our staff meetings and all our quarterly meetings. He lived across the cul-de-sac from me, and I used to tell him he had the most boring job I could imagine. It wasn’t long before I found out.One day, I received a subpoena to appear for a deposition in a case where ACER
Raising Kids (opens the original)
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Over the Labor Day weekend, we hosted a family get-together. My youngest daughter, now 41, shared some of the challenges she faces with her soon-to-be 10-year-old daughter. My wife and I both said, “You just wait and see”. She is a great Mom and daughter today, but we sure had our share of moments along the way.When we moved to Montana from Houston, our youngest was 15. In Houston, she was a churchgoer, on the high school basketball team, and a dream come true. She wanted to move to Montana and
The Bad, The Good, and Soon, The Ugly (opens the original)
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When we left off, I was scheduled to present in the big Boardroom to the CEO and his staff. I opened the presentation by sharing my honest feelings on outsourcing the Taj Mahahal they’d built. I said, far be it from us logistics types to come in and say this is wrong if everyone is happy with it and you can afford it. And therein lies the problem.The computer industry in the mid-nineties was undergoing crazy growth and, along with it, fierce competition. It was also a time of rapid change, and t
Preparing the Titanic for Launch (opens the original)
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My corporate journey at Compaq was full of emotion, excitement, hopes, and fears. When I left off last time, I’d been tasked with leading a project to determine the long-term viability of the high-rise warehouse in Houston. At the time, it was an engineering marvel featured in industry magazines and a cult favorite in logistics.Many people there had grown with the company and, as they should be, were proud of what they’d built. One feature often highlighted was the low number of warehouse worker
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