If you’re in the restaurant business, you know that nothing brings a boost of recognition and approval to your establishment more than the earning of a Michelin star, or two, or three. The criteria for earning such an award has remained unchanged since it was first established in 1936, and the desire to own such a distinction only grows as the restaurant world expands

Living in the golden 25-radius of the Masters golf championship, I have a first hand seat at watching the incredible money-making apparatus this venerated golf event has become to Augusta and its neighboring communities

Looking back over the past 40 years I’ve been in business, the ways in which business communication has changed is huge. Back in the 80s and 90s, research reporting and traditional white papers (25-50 pages average length) were the industry standard in finance and investment management. More was more in every sense; my company had a full-time librarian tasked with the sheer organization and distribution of reams of daily published material that was circulated and archived regularly

The 2026 Winter Olympics just wound down, and while the overall event wasn’t as compelling to watch as most summer Olympics, there were a few takeaways from these Games I thought served as a good foil for our daily struggles and competitions in the financial and investment communities

In these first days of 2026, how many of you have taken stock of the past year’s experiences- the goals met, projects undertaken, challenges overcome? In order to make sense of where you’ve been, you need to recognize the journey that’s taken you to now, and to plan for the path ahead