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April 6, 2020 — 0

Our Herman Wittwer moment

I needed a little perspective. Recently, I took a break from the sadness and chaos of everything happening around us. I picked up Dare to Dream, a terrific book about the story of Herman Wittwer, the founder of my company.   If you haven’t heard it, bear with me.   As a struggling insurance agent, Herman had a dream. It was 1927, and he wanted to offer a different kind of […]

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March 27, 2020 — 0

Planned vs. forced innovation

This week, several cities and states issued shelter-in-place or safer-at-home mandates to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In many cases, these decisions also make it clear we’ve got a long road ahead of us. This doesn’t seem like it’s going to be over anytime soon. It’s going to stretch our collective abilities […]

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