Author Archives: Rick Gilbert
Visiting “The Mother Church”
In Boston now being hosted by Tess Stern and Tommy Salter. Tess and I are [...]
Oct
A night with Ravi Coltrane
What if your father was named John Coltrane? Would you go into jazz as [...]
Oct
A revolution at Penn State
It was my pleasure Wednesday to present Speaking Up to 150 engineering students at Penn [...]
Oct
Who are your mentors?
Who are (were) your mentors? If you have the pleasure of seeing the new musical, [...]
Oct
Think your job is hard?
Meet “Muhammad,” (not his real name.) Muhammad drove me 60 blocks down Manhattan this morning. [...]
Oct
A day in The Big Apple!
End of week #1. Staying with Ray and Harriet Mayeri in their great west side [...]
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Sep
The world’s most valuable tool???
To paraphrase Jack Benny, Stick up man: “Your iPhone or your life!” Me: “Wait a [...]
Sep
Brig. General = CEO
“Tell the General what decision you want him to make right up front,” said Army [...]
Sep
An artist at work
While doing two presentations at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City for the past two days, [...]
Sep
Who is that guy drinking beer? Reflections on two days in Utah.
In Logan Utah, things feel safe. People have roots. Students are respectful. They go on [...]
Sep
Meeting a legend
My presentation went very well today at Utah State University with over 100 MBA and [...]
Sep
Dave Packard and the F-15 Fighter
Rick’s Excellent Adventure, Day 1 Staying in a terrific AirBnB in Logan, Utah. Great couple [...]
Sep
Improvisation: the best in the business
This weekend, the Monterey Jazz Festival honored tenor sax player, Wayne Shorter. The acknowledgement was [...]
Sep
AirBnB, New Way to Travel
Getting ready to begin my east coast book tour, I am booking one or two [...]
Sep
Stay tuned for Rick’s book tour
Speaking Up; Surviving Executive Presentations is going to the east coast! I’ll be presenting at [...]
Sep