Understanding design subscriptions — who they’re right for, and who should absolutely stay away. — Over the last few years, it’s become clear that design plays an important role in business success. What was once a Silicon Valley discipline that rarely made its way to middle America is now a movement making even the smallest businesses take notice. Whether you like it or not, good…

A Blueprint to Generating and Exploring New Ideas — Placing pen to paper is an art often thought to be reserved for the thinkers among us. Bright men and women with ideas abound, sharing knowledge through carefully worded prose; The rest of us reading in awe. Turns out, the thinkers are no different than us. They simply have the…

You’ll thank me later. — As an agency owner, the only constant is people. It’s one of the great things about the job. Connecting with interesting, creative people is the reason I started an agency in the first place. But there’s a downside. And if you’ve been in the agency game for long enough, you…

This week on The Bachelor — hypocrisy, disappointment, frustration. — Tuning in to the first episode of The Bachelorette, all I wanted was Chris Harrison working his Bruce Buffer meets TMZ voice, followed by a montage of young professionals behaving like schoolgirls. It’s not what I got, and that’s disappointing Now this isn’t about his replacements. To be honest, they…

A year ago I wrote an article titled: I’m Black. My Parents Are White. Here’s What I’ve Learned About Racism in America. America was in the wake of George Floyd, and the fight for racial justice was at an all time high. My experience as a black man in a…

A Personal Look at Instagrams Hottest New Trend — Is it me, or is adoption IN these days? Everyone wants to be a savior, — adopting a young child, saving them from the horrors of their current existence. It’s all over Instagram — you’ve most surely seen it. It’s perfect social media fodder. An adoption has all the elements…

Take it from me — I have it figured out. — I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m not like the other guys. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do today, and tomorrow’s not going to be much different. Call it a lack of vision, a lack of understanding, or perhaps a lack of focus. …

Lesson 1: Nobody’s going to like you if you don’t hold the door for them. — My grandfather was a complicated man. Born in Chicago in 1923, his formative years were among the most turbulent in American history. Upon graduating from high school, he followed in the footsteps of millions of American men and enlisted in the military. …

A story about finding my biological family and discovering my truth. — I often wonder what my life would be like had I not been adopted as a baby. Would I have the same taste in music? Would I be as driven as I am today? Would I still have this damn lisp? There has long been debate over what truly shapes…