
As The Saws Turn: Crate Conversations
If you’ve read this column more than several times in the past, you probably know that a favorite part of my job is being on

If you’ve read this column more than several times in the past, you probably know that a favorite part of my job is being on

While wandering the aisles of EXHIBITORLIVE on the last afternoon of the show, I stopped by the ECN booth and was chatting with Don, Jeanne

My mom and dad bought their first–and only–home in 1955. A ’50s era three-bedroom brick ranch home. A home where my brother and I were

I recently spent two days in a series of meetings focused on sales strategy for our organization. The consensus of many in our industry is

by Jim Obermeyer Last month my son drove from his home in Nashville, Tenn., to Destin, Fla., pulling his 22-foot boat behind his truck. When

Setting Priorities to Balance Work and Personal Life by Jim Obermeyer Hindsight can be a wonderful thing…or a torturous thing, depending on what you are

I was sitting in a meeting the other day with our VP operations and our creative director and we were reviewing an RFP we had

Technology. It’s everywhere. And I literally mean everywhere. It continues to interrupt otherwise quiet or semi-quiet spaces. And it continues to cause its users to

Hindsight can be a wonderful thing…or a torturous thing, depending on what you are looking back on. When you are looking back on a very

I was asked a while back by a young friend to answer that question. Who have I looked up to as a “Big?” In other
Ever wonder why some industries seem to be constantly innovating and improving and changing while others seem completely stagnant and stuck in a rut? I
It is interesting to me how our chosen careers build upon themselves; how each experience adds to the wisdom base, which then allows you to