by Tommy Spaulding | Jul 26, 2022 | Blog
Coca Cola was invented by an Atlanta pharmacist way back in 1886. Even now, over 130 years later, the recipe remains a secret. The only written copy is kept in a vault deep inside Coke’s headquarters in Atlanta. Dr. Pepper, meanwhile, split its secret “23 flavors”...
by Tommy Spaulding | Jul 19, 2022 | Blog
Last week I got a call from a young man named Jeff. I’ve known and mentored him for many years as he rose the ranks to become second in command of a major tech company on the West Coast. But when I picked up the phone, I could tell that Jeff was in distress. “What’s...
by Tommy Spaulding | Jul 12, 2022 | Blog
Like billions around the globe, I found out last Friday that Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, had been assassinated. Many regarded him as the most transformative leader in Japan since World War II, striving to restore his country’s technological edge...
by Tommy Spaulding | Jul 5, 2022 | Blog
This past week, my wife, Jill, and I took a vacation with our longtime friends Lisa and Byron Haselden. We travel every year together, and this time we had the honor of staying at Blackberry Farm, located about thirty miles south of Knoxville, Tennessee. Situated on...
by Tommy Spaulding | Jun 28, 2022 | Blog
Last month, my son, Tate, was invited to participate in the Western Regional Hockey Combine at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He got to skate against some of the best fourteen-year-old hockey players in the country. It was a big opportunity for Tate,...
by Tommy Spaulding | Jun 21, 2022 | Blog
Like millions of Americans, the Covid-19 pandemic prevented me from working for many months. I was no longer crisscrossing the country working with business leaders and organizations. I was no longer giving speeches to big crowds in auditoriums and convention centers....
