by Kare Anderson | May 1, 2017 | behavior
You can feel the tension in the compressed smiles, quick nods and pointed questions at the annual Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare conference. Schedules are packed as the high-stakes finance crowd gathers to hear 20-minute rapid-fire talks by CEOs of start-ups and...
by Kare Anderson | May 29, 2015 | Caring, inspiration, Sharing
Why do some stories stick in our mind? Over a decade ago, a bagpiper I met at a wedding told me this tale, which I’ll re-tell in his voice: “I play at gatherings as varied as parades and resorts at sunset. Last winter a kind friend of mine who is a funeral director,...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 13, 2013 | behavior, Book, Quotable
While the beguiling, expensive TV car ads featuring Shaquille O’Neal are warm and memorable, a cheaply made public service announcement I heard on the radio years ago has stuck in my mind as much. I heard it when I turned on the radio in my rental car. A...
by Kare Anderson | Aug 20, 2012 | Connecting, influence
Despite the millions already spent on one of the highest stakes campaigns now under way, what has either presidential candidate said that you remember? That’s what I thought. Darn little, if anything. How about you? Do people stop listening before you stop...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 14, 2012 | behavior, Caring, cause
Marie Beckinger was driving home from grocery shopping when a bank robber in a dented pickup truck streaked through a red light. He was attempting to escape a trailing police car. He struck the passenger’s side of Marie’s car where her infant, Gabriel, was buckled...