02-10-25 Creative Perspectives: Anne O’Brien Anne is the founder of The ArtFitters, an interior decorating and design firm. She re-imagines ordinary spaces (residential, commercial, historical, or institutional) to create the extraordinary — beautiful, organized,...

 02-03-25 Moral Collapse: The Holocaust Thirty-ninth Episode: On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I engaged in a LinkedIn conversation. The comments I posted in that thread drew responses that made it clear I had to amend my thinking. Specifically, one of the...

 01-20-25 Transcending Trauma: Daisy Plaza Thirty-eighth Episode: Daisy experienced trauma and violence in her home and her community from an early age. Later, she struggled through and got out of an abusive marriage. The mother of four children, she refused to let...

 01-13-25 What’s the Big Idea: Craig and Sue James (Part Two) Thirty-seventh Episode: Craig and Sue, Partners and Co-Founders of CatalystStrategies (a.k.a Cat-Strat Services), return for a second visit. Cat-Strat Services works with organizations and individuals to...

01-06-25 No Uniform Required: Roberto Alfaro Thirty-sixth Episode: Roberto is a retired, decorated Hartford, Connecticut, police officer with more than 26 years on the job. He’s also a SAG-AFTRA actor and professional model, a writer of dozens of poems and short...

12-30-24 My Charmed Life: Anne O’Brien Thirty-fifth Episode: Anne is the founder of The ArtFitters, an interior decorating and design firm. She re-imagines ordinary spaces (residential, commercial, historical, or institutional) to create the extraordinary — beautiful,...

12-16-24 Undaunted: Shell Sawyer Thirty-fourth Episode: Shell’s dad was her hero. He paid bills at the kitchen table, telling her everything he was doing. She was fascinated by his organization, his green ledger paper, and his pens. Wanting to do everything he did,...

12-02-24 Courage Under Fire: Greg Dillon Thirty-third Episode: After graduating from the University of New Haven in 1978, Greg joined the Branford, Connecticut, Police Department. He left in 1985 to accept a position as an FBI special agent. He was first assigned to...

11-18-24 The Media Man: Ted Czech Thirty-second Episode: Ted’s spent years on both sides of the communications coin, in journalism and public relations. Referring to himself as a recovering reporter, he’s now written a book called, Saving the Beast, in which he...

11-04-24 The Sport of Business: Brian Sommer Thirty-first Episode: Brian is a Partner with CDI Global LLC, an international M&A firm. A former Assistant Professor at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, he designed, developed, and taught in the Entrepreneurship...