A conversation with Charles Denyer In Texas Titans, Charles Denyer tells the story of the longstanding friendship and political partnership of George Herbert Walker Bush and James Addison Baker III. It was an alliance that began on a Houston tennis court in the 1960s and ended with Bush’s passing in 2018, with Baker at his […]Read More
Predicting future trends in marketing is a dicey proposition in the best of times. With a global pandemic that still has no certain end in sight, it would be easy to think that making predictions is a fool’s errand. Yet one thing that the impact of COVID-19 has taught CMOs the world over is that […]Read More
A conversation with Maher Maso, former mayor of the City of Frisco, on what goes into corporate relocation decisions—and why so many companies choose the Lone Star State. COVID-19 slowed down many aspects of the economy—but not the corporate exodus to Texas. For years, companies big and small have decided to make a new home […]Read More
As business owners prepare for 2021, it is important to take time to reflect on last year’s outcomes and lessons learned. We must figure out how to do business in the here and now, even when it is unclear how long COVID-19 will continue to impact the economic landscape. The only thing that remains certain […]Read More
Last year threw everyone off-kilter. With seemingly everything in disarray—from business models to delivery systems to socioeconomic structure—consumers are looking more closely at how brands are responding during these challenging times. A brand’s words and actions may be remembered by consumers for years, so it is imperative that businesses and organizations are not just checking […]Read More
Welcome to 2021 (we made it!). Like many readers here, I navigated through unprecedented times as an owner-entrepreneur in 2020, in my case as a lobbyist at The Bingham Group, LLC. Lobbyists are positioned at the intersection of business and policy, giving us a unique perspective on the question posed by the forthcoming Q1 issue […]Read More
You’ve most likely heard about what happened in Nashville on Christmas Day. You may not have heard, however, details on how this event has disrupted critical communications systems ranging from Kentucky to Alabama and the Carolinas—far beyond Nashville. This event highlights for us the vulnerabilities of some of our basic infrastructure that we rely so heavily on everyday. Disruptions to this infrastructure and these systems can greatly impact our lives and businesses. We would be wise to plan for disruptions in these critical systems, with the hope that these plans will never be needed.Read More
Howard and Cindy Rachofsky live in no ordinary house. It is more “an investigation into all of the possibilities of house,” in the words of its designer, the modernist architect Richard Meier. The Rachofsky House — a three-story, 10,000-square-foot white cube in the Preston Hollow neighborhood of Dallas — is home to one of the […]Read More
No matter where you are in Texas, you’ve got a great craft brewery nearby. Here are some we’ll be hitting up for locally produced beer this fall — even if it has to be to-go. Near the turn of the millennium, when Y2K fears were just subsiding, I made it to the life milestone of official […]Read More
Every time a new generation arises, the established generations start to chatter: What are these young people going to be like as workers, as consumers, as members of society? What are their unique traits? And what about them annoys the heck out of us? Right now, these newcomers are Generation Z, born roughly between 1997 […]Read More
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