What makes a Sacred Space?
This past week I was overseas on business. On the final evening, I found myself looking up at the Cologne …
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What do you get with your lunch?
People purchase what they value, not what we sell. In most urban areas, there are hundreds of choices for where …
Could you text me that?
In the most recent PEW study on Americans and Texting, Young adults (18-24) exchange an average of 109.5 texts a …
Paradise Lost – The End of Borders
I live in a town that takes both Milton and its local business obituaries very seriously. Few closings slip the …
The Authentic Ann Arbor Experience – Part 5
What makes something authentic? All week I have been referring to the “Authentic” Ann Arbor Experience. If you check the …
The Authentic Ann Arbor Experience – Part 4
Ann Arbor provides more than Entertainment and Educational experiences. Great experiences require hitting what Pine & Gilmore describe as the “sweet spot.” …
The Authentic Ann Arbor Experience – Part 3
The bottom line is that great experiences are a combination of things. Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore describe this as …
The Authentic Ann Arbor Experience – Part 2
In today’s Experience Economy, experiences are often judged in terms of being real or fake. The assumption is that real …
The Authentic Ann Arbor Experience – Part 1
For over 400,000 alumni and the 42,000 students about to start the new school year, Ann Arbor is one of …
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