Escape Adulthood

Archives for June 2006

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Why the Debate About “Stem Cell Research?”

Stem cell research. A hot topic in today's day and age. It may seem a bit off topic for a blog like this, but it's something I've been quite curious about as of late, and as we all know, curiosity is certainly a predominant trait in children. By the same token, certain stem cells -- the embryonic kind -- have the potential to actually become children. And in my exhaustive studies, I have found that children are also quite... childlike. I heard a lady on the radio yesterday -- a mother of a little girl with juvenile diabetes -- espousing the importance of stem cell research. To be honest, I …

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Funny Money

I am always interested in learning about and sharing ways that businesses can incorporate a little childlike spirit into their operations that positively affects their customers AND their bottom lines. If I asked you to consider a business that is the most anti-childlike, many of you would probably say banks. Talk about stuffy. The only thing childlike about most banks are the cheap little suckers they hand out to parents at the drive-up window. Do they even do that any more? It may seem like there's little a bank could do to lighten things up without losing its credibility. But the Acland …

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Life Imitating Art

It’s hard to know what’s real and what’s fictional some days when your husband creates a comic strip character modeled after you. Yes, this is the “real” Boompa, all dressed up at my sister’s wedding last weekend. …

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Bear Necessities

I'm in the middle of The Bear Necessities of Business by Maxine Clark. Maxine is a former president of Payless Shoe Source and the Founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop. She has a chapter entitled, "Bring Out the Child in Everyone." Naturally, this credo resonates with me a great deal. I have also spent a lot of time on this blog and in presentations for business people about the importance of infusing a business with childlike spirit. Among other things, it improves customer loyalty and can fatten the bottom line. As Stanley Goodman, former CEO of May Department Stores said, "When the customer has …

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