Highfill Performance Group

A homeless man stood on the streets of New York City with two cats and a dog laid out beside him. The animals were sleeping in the hot sun, and not moving much.

Sometimes we need to just get real. And, by “real” I mean Velveteen Rabbit real. Too often we’re ready to throw out the people and ideas that have built a company for the latest, newest trend. And I think we’re going to pay the price. Companies are filled with real people who have real desires [...]

I was in New York City this weekend, eating in an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn with my son and daughter. Outside of our window was the back of a stage, with a HipHop concert in full swing. The three of us have spent two days walking around the city, and we’re consuming our pizza like [...]

I will never forget the night a young girl who was thirteen and already a prostitute stayed in our home. My parents were ministers, and this young girl had started wandering into our church doors. Mom and dad invited her to come to our house on Friday nights to avoid the streets. The first night [...]

“Doctors save lives, but they can sometimes be insufferable know-it-alls who bully nurses and do not listen to patients. Medical schools have traditionally done little to screen out such flawed applicants or to train them to behave better, but that is changing.” Thus begins an article in The New York Times that addresses what I [...]

My last blog discussed conference calls and how they turn us all into zombies. I asked for some stories or ideas concerning how to make them more interesting. I got nothin’. Then I tried to come up with my own ideas, and began writing the usual boring suggestions like “start on time; stick to your [...]

The article below comes from the Heath Brothers concerning Guy Kawasaki’s new book . . . I submitted a story for this book, and Guy responded personally saying he would seriously consider it. I didn’t make the cut, but was thrilled with the personal response! I think Guy Kawasaki and the Heath Brothers are the [...]