Fear Factor

By Dean Whittaker The intention of our newsletter is to share with you what we at Whittaker Associates are learning in hopes that you may benefit from the experience. Each of us writes an article for each month’s newsletter.  It benefits us by encouraging us to learn...

Reinventing Rural America

by Dean Whittaker While visiting a potential client this week, I had a chance to see and feel the effect the restructuring of our economy is having on small-town, rural America. When asked, community leaders had difficulty describing what was unique about their town....

Going to India?

By Dean Whittaker This is the first of a three-part narrative of my experience of going to India to attend the Global CoreNet function to he held in Mumbai, India March 22-24. So, why would I travel half-way around the world to India to hear a keynote speaker from Ann...

India Part II

By Dean Whittaker After the seventeen-hour plane ride over fifteen time zones, life at 40,000 feet finally landed me in the hustle and bustle of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) Airport.  The 1:00 AM arrival followed by the hotel chauffeur rescue at the airport left me...