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  A big welcome shout out to spring, 2023. Well, at least springtime in the northern hemisphere. It’s been a while and we missed it. Whether you are on the west coast, the northern plains or upper east coast you can be forgiven for wanting the weather systems of the past couple of months to bid a final farewell. It’s been cold, wet and snowy and for many a most uncomfortable time. Of course, unless you ski:2023 was a fantastic year for skiing here in Colorado. I might be taken to task when I admit that for much of winter and the months prior Margo and I have been fortunate enough to have spent time in warmer climates. We heard the coast calling and we responded in like. Continuing to mix business with a break over the holiday season and then again as anniversaries came around, we managed to miss the worst of winter’s wrath. If you have as yet not seen the latest post to our social blog, Buckle-Up, you may find it of interest as it parallels the theme of this post but from a sli...

Why it is that so many times meetings involve airport hotels? As we get closer to spring and the event schedule begins in earnest, we find ourselves staring out a hotel window at scenery that rarely changes. There is always that perfect view, overlooking the air conditioning units even as the sameness about it all does little to encourage enthusiasm (for the day) or drive innovation (for the topic). And yet, as we look at our calendars there is a sense of excitement as we count down the days. Whether it is a two days, weekend or weeklong event, they are predictable and follow well-established patterns. Check in for the flight, grab a cocktail, catch up on email and text, take the hotel shuttle on arrival, head to your room and unpack, wonder downstairs to the lobby bar and then hopefully catch up with colleagues. And so it begins; the routine you have embraced over the years is repeating! Sitting in a hotel room adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), all of the above ...