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This was a major residential project for an affluent client. Beautiful home, serious money, and a long list of people who would be on the property before the family ever moved in: contractors, subcontractors, vendors, delivery drivers, painters, installers, landscapers, supervisors, security technicians, and everyone else who somehow becomes part [...]

We arrived at Operation Mincemeat disappointed that all five roles were being performed by understudies. We left wondering how the show could possibly have been any better. The understudies deserve enormous credit. But the secret sauce is the system around them. A production capable of changing every performer and still [...]

I was looking forward to the meal, but I was also curious to experience the ideas in the book as a customer. With the book fresh in my mind, I began the evening mentally checking boxes. But sometime during the meal, I stopped. I no longer felt like a customer [...]

Buyers and lenders will spend five to six figures on a Quality of Earnings report and sometimes five to six minutes Googling the people who produced those earnings. Seems backwards. In February, prosecutors charged two former Mobileum executives with manipulating company financials before its $915 million sale. The indictment alleges [...]

Norwegian Air lost a friendly World Cup wager with British Airways and temporarily changed its Instagram logo to British Airways’ logo. It’s funny and creative, but I also love the confidence. And I suspect that Norwegian came out stronger as a result. Small things often tell us big things. And [...]