Nickyitis – An Epidemic of Humorous Proportions

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June 2nd, 2009 | by Crow

175 years ago today P.T. Barnum started his first US tour. Yesterday I talked about the life cycle of institutions and today’s anniversary reminded me of another. Back in the day, the circus was IT. Nothing bigger. The entertainment event that had to be experienced. What became Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey defined out-sized extravaganza [...]

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June 1st, 2009 | by Crow

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Wow, so it finally happened. GM bankrupt. Amazing. I worked at Ford some years back for a short time and back then the idea that GM would go belly up and Ford would look (relatively) strong would have been a tough one to sell. And yet. It’s an interesting metaphor for life. No matter how [...]

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