When Things Go Wrong

Many of you know that I enjoy photography. Others are aware that I have more than a passing interest in business. Both of these fields, along with most everything else in life, have in common the fact that on occasion, despite all efforts to the contrary, things can go wrong. A small story follows… Following […]

Do You Really Know What’s Going On?

This is an article primarily intended for leaders at or near the top of their organizations. The reason: the rest of you already know what I'm going to explain. The more time I spend in business, the more amazed I am at how frequently and how badly leaders handicap themselves by not realizing a simple […]

Snow! Snow.

"How perfect," I thought. Freshly back to the east coast, Christmas around the corner, and snow in the offing. Better yet, it was perfectly timed, scheduled to arrive late on a Saturday. How much better does it get than a early Saturday dinner at an old favorite restaurant (now managed by the son of the […]

A Useful Exercise in Social (Network) Anthropology

One of my favorite truisms: it's not what you say that matters, it's what your audience hears. Your audience reads, hears or sees you through a filter constructed over their entire lifetimes, aggregating inputs from their individual cultures, politics, languages, values, locales, experiences and so on. The words chosen by you with a certain intended […]

Who Goes There?

Welcome!

I built this site (in 2004) around the idea that the conventional divisions between professional and personal life are artificial. They don't reflect how we live, work, and play today.

I don't shut down my professional responsibilities (with rare exceptions) on evenings, weekends, or holidays. Our competitive environment doesn't permit that, and I'd get bored.

Further, it occurs to me that if you are interested in doing business with me somehow, you should be interested in Rich Bravman, the person.

So, whether you're an entrepreneur looking for specific ideas on how to put your vision into practice, an investor looking for an experienced advisor or board member, a friend, colleague, or simply someone curious about what a fellow human thinks... Welcome!

Warning: eccentricities lie ahead in these pages. (Even at this late date in 2023, I like it that way.)

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Richard's books

Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
4 of 5 stars
Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
by Rebecca Goldstein
The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way (And It Wasn�t My Fault)
4 of 5 stars
The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way (And It Wasn�t My Fault)
by P.J. O'Rourke
Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics
5 of 5 stars
Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics
by Robert Gilmore
Gone Girl
4 of 5 stars
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
We Can All Do Better
4 of 5 stars
We Can All Do Better
by Bill Bradley
Read this and regain at least a modicum of faith in the presence of wisdom among the leadership class in this world. Unfortunately, Bradley is past his impact moment, and his exemplar of a new way forward ("Americans Elect") foun...

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