Back then, it wasn’t a rallying cry for one side — it was a simple idea: when things feel uncertain, progress comes from getting back to what works — truth, trust, and accountability. Before It Was a Slogan, It Was a Reminder. That same principle guides the work we do [...]
I was at a Rams game, seated on the 30 yard line . . . two rows from the top! The action on the field looked distant, compressed. Then, at a Utah football game, I was in the front row — every motion, every expression, every nuance was in sharp [...]
(That’s one of my granddaughters holding her bag of “treasures” — shells she thinks she found on her own.) When we visited our grandkids in Scotland this summer, we went hunting for seashells in the tide pools. What they didn’t know (at first) was that Grandpa had secretly brought a [...]
Doing due diligence in the U.S. is one thing. Doing it overseas? That’s a whole different ballgame. In markets like the UK, for example, criminal record checks aren’t freely available without a subject’s consent. GDPR and local data protection laws add layers of complexity. A simple database pull won’t cut [...]
James Carville and Mary Matalin—political strategists on opposite ends of the spectrum—built a lasting marriage on mutual respect. Their story reminds us that strength sometimes comes from valuing not only the differences, but more importantly, the connection above the divide. Thirty-two years together is no small thing. In our work, [...]




