Wow. I’ve had some conversations with Brett Bonner, Kroger Sr. Director of Research and Development over the last few weeks. Process for process sake is generally a bad practice because of the removal of critical thought. Brett backed up my thinking as he talked to students in the Center of Innovation at the University of Cincinnati today.
Pete McCreary, Rich Rayburn, Steve Jordan, Andy Graham and I met last night to discuss how the families in our home school co-op can get out in the community to serve the needy families. As we looked at our nice, orderly suburban lives it seemed that most of our activities revolved around ourselves and our families. We dance, do gymnastics, go to church and the grocery store because those are things we want to do. And when we’re done, we head to our homes. One concern we had was that our children would not grow up with a balanced sense of diversity and responsibility because our kids lacked a strong interaction with a diverse group outside our churches.
I met Craig Schweiger for coffee on Friday. Craig is one of those guys that leaves me wondering why it took so long for our paths to cross. We both have a fairly long history in Cincinnati IT, and we’re connected by a number of other relationships. In any case, I’m glad we had a chance to meet and look forward to opportunities to work together going forward.
My wife home schools our children. As my kids get older I’ve been getting more and more involved. What that means in reality is that my wife is not at home most of the time and my evenings are spent one-on-one with my kids. This is high quality family time as I work with my kids on interesting and creative skills.
Today was somewhat serendipitous. I took the day off in anticipation of some great content at SummitUp. I was not disappointed. David Bowman, a call out to you for a well spent day on the campus of Wright State. Where else could I get to listen to Kevin Dugan, Bob Garfield, Artie Isaac, and Chris Brogan on the same day, in person, just 40 minutes from home.