Sep 4, 2018 | As the Saw Turns, Features
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 he arrived in Florida and was preparing to launch the boat he noticed that the cushion for the back seat–which ran across the...
Aug 9, 2018 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
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 looking back on. When you are looking back on a very long career in the same industry, there’s bound to be a few...
Jul 2, 2018 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer 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 just received. It was from a large company in a growing industry and was a relatively significant program. Unfortunately,...
May 29, 2018 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer 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 violate otherwise standard protocol. I’m sitting in one of my go-to breakfast places,...
Apr 23, 2018 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer 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 long career in the same industry, there’s bound to be a few places where you’d rather have done something slightly...
Mar 7, 2018 | As the Saw Turns, Columns
by Jim Obermeyer 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 words, who mentored and inspired me in the early stages of my career? As I tripped back in time, I came upon several people that have...
