Category: Monday Motivator

After more than three years, the Keener Podcast has faded into history. Why?1) The day jobs that Steve Schram and Scott Westerman have are keeping us pretty busy and time has been at a premium. Both of us won’t do anything Keener related unless we’re certain it will live up to Keener standards.2) It costs…

From Inside RadioTime for radio to take some chances.That’s a mantra for Greater Media’s Peter Smyth. While Cumulus chief Lew Dickey tells the NAB Radio Show in Dallas “we can’t be afraid to fall on our faces” and experiment. And Emmis boss Jeff Smulyan says the new comedy-based morning show at Q101, Chicago has him…

I’ve been thinking about change management a lot lately. Most of us exist in organizations that have a degree of dysfunction and helping others open up and buy into new ideas is a pretty important part of the job.Mark Goulston, writing on Keith Ferrazzi’s blog says that you can get a person to open up…

Nellie Knorr, the visionary woman who created WKNR, passed away on August 10th, four months shy of her 90th birthday. She would have been the first to share the credit for WKNR’s groundbreaking success with the many men and women who were part of the Keener team. But in the end, it was she who…

There’s a great ad in one of the trades that lists the latest on-demand technology: Weblogs, Podcasting, YouTube, Tivo, ITunes.. And then, in a direct shot at the linear media, the ad concludes, “Ignoring this is not a business model.” It made me think of this..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xAA71Ssids

For those of us who admire Warren Buffett, his announcement that he was giving the bulk of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation only amplified our esteem. In an extraordinary interview with Charlie Rose, Melinda, Bill and Warren discuss how the greatest philanthropic alliance in history came to be.

Tangible ValueClear StrategyCommitted TeamExcellent ExecutionThose are the four take-aways from my experience at Harvard Business School. The professors were excellent. I was surrounded by smart people who were engaged and eager to learn. The atmosphere was conducive to learning, the technology was top notch and the food was first rate.But if I had been paying…

I-55 Southbound, somewhere in Arkansas. The 2001 VW Jetta hums along at 78 MPH. We’re averaging 39 miles per gallon of my custom blended 20% biodiesel mix. In the trunk is a box containing Justin Carven’s latest Grease Car vegetable oil fuel system and we’re headed to Memphis to get it installed. This is my…

“Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It’s not that level 5 leaders have no ego or self-interest. Indeed, they are incredibly ambitious – but their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, not themselves.” Jim Collins – Good to GreatGood…

Note to self. Re-read this article and make sure your Linux install has all the features noted here.