I haven’t been blogging because I’ve been in New York City at two conferences. It’s not that there isn’t a lot to say, it’s just so hard to figure out what to say first.

Conferences are extremely important to my ability to innovate because they force me to change my perspective. And the first thing that happens is my head starts spinning! It may stop soon.

I don’t know how conferences affect other people, but I’m very sad when people say they can’t justify the expense. It seems to me they are short-changing their own future. How else can you make sure your focusing on the right things, unless you compare with other people? I find the best place to do that is at a conference. And I don’t even meet very many other people. Being outside of my everyday environment, I see how my concerns fit into the larger world.

The good news is that I’m proud of the decisions I’ve recently made in my career and in my focus. Now I need to start leveraging those decisions by pushing more knowledge out of my head and into this blog. So look for more and more postings and emails coming from me.

Watch out!