Is your computer funnier than my computer? It was the summer of 1983 when my boss (aka my dad) called me into his office during my summer job at his advertising agency. “Stop laughing at the Account Executive’s ad copy,” he admonished, barely stifling his smile. I was typing up Allen’s copy for an…
DetailsDavid Manilow is a lifelong Chicagoan and committed foodie who is a strong believer in trusting your instincts in business. He has produced sports, travel and food-related television programs for ABC, HBO, ESPN, CNBC and PBS. In 2001, he created the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning restaurant review program Check, Please! in Chicago and spin-offs in eight other markets.David’s newest venture is a weekly food and drink podcast with Crain’s Chicago Business, “The Dining Table.”
DetailsDid you know more people today expect business leaders (as opposed to the government) to save the day? That’s according to the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer, an online survey of 36 thousand respondents from 28 countries. Comparatively, it’s 61% who trust business to only 52% who think the government can fix things. The biggest…
DetailsAlice Da Cunha and Marc Frost, partners in real life and in the theater, talk about creating the Physical Theater Festival in Chicago, global theater adventures and building a life and career together in the arts.
DetailsWe live in a duality, on so many levels. What does that look like for you? For me, it’s reconciling a mass school shooting in Texas, after one last week in a grocery store in Buffalo, and all the shootings in Chicago in between. It feels like the world should stop. And yet…
DetailsWhen you are a creative professional, is there such a thing as a separation between “business” and “professional”? Boston-based photographer Liz Linder shares how she captures stories through portraits and how her work in the shadows draws people in. Liz uses images to tell stories that matter. She’s captured iconic personalities such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, Carly Simon and Quincy Jones.
DetailsWhat is your birthday tradition? In Switzerland apparently, the custom is for parents to hire an evil clown for their child’s birthday, both to look terrifying and to follow and torment the birthday celebrant around before putting a pie in their face for good luck. (Sean “Diddy” Combs would have hated that!) There’s earlobe pulling…
DetailsSIETAR is the Society of Intercultural Educators, Trainers, and Researchers and this year’s conference is in Malta! Broadcasting Live from the conference. This year’s theme asks: “Does interculturalism need to be replaced, reformed, or reshaped to match the challenges (deterioration of the environment, rising racism, and rise of global populism) this world faces?
DetailsWhat is your favorite movie? Midnight in Paris is a favorite movie of mine. So is The Moderns. On my mom’s 80th birthday trip to Paris, I snuck out of the hotel early in the morning for outings to Les Deux Magots, the café where Sartre and Camus hung out, and Café de la…
DetailsIn honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we welcome Margo Jacquot, Psy.D., CSADC, BCETS to the show. We’ll talk about what triggers our nervous system, what happens to our bodies when our nervous system gets activated and tricks to reset it to stay focused on our business in the present. (That’s where vagus, as in the vagus nerve, comes in.) Dr. Margo is an entrepreneur extraordinaire. She’s the founder of The Juniper Center, with 70 clinicians at five locations and across Illinois and Indiana with telehealth.
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