Those who don’t know the name Omar Little have clearly not see the incredible HBO show The Wire. Omar, played to the absolute nines by Michael K. Williams, was the show’s anti-hero, a stick-up man with an inflexible moral code — he wouldn’t steal from an

Born in San Francisco, raised on the San Francisco Giants and Major League Baseball, Richard Dyer can often be found listening to the music of Raymond Scott, Antonio Vivaldi, Phish, or Thelonious Monk. He is a member of ActiveBass.com and has published a

This week, Matt Forti is pleased to welcome as a guest blogger Daniel Stid, a partner at the Bridgespan Group who co-leads our Performance Measurement practice. In this post, Daniel describes what HBO’s The Wire can teach us about how and why performance

“Red Tails” is a tear-jerking to say the least, with messages of loyalty, leadership and courage. Terrance Howard Ne-Yo (who also performed two songs from the soundtrack: “See-See Rider” and “They’re Red Hot”), and Cuba Gooding, Jr. are a few familiar fa

I have a confession to make: Over the past two years, I’ve been watching HBO content without paying for it. I’m not actually pirating it. Instead, I have benevolent family members who subscribe to the channel and have gifted me with a password that they

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