The Commerce Chain is my monthly column in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on Business/Technology trends.

"The NBA’s Disappearing Dominators - Tips on Drafting Corporate Players", July 2, 2007

"The Value of Weak Opponents -  in the NFL and Business", May 14, 2007

"The Rise and Fall of the NBA's Ball", January 15, 2007

"Starbase Program Helps Kids 'Hear the Music' of Technology", October 2, 2006

"The Capitalist Case for Alternative Energy", July 31, 2006

"The Danger of Scrawny Supply  Chains", July 3,  2006

"Entrepreneurial Secrets of Bob Dylan and Steve Jobs", May 29, 2006

"Hiring Lessons of the NFL Draft", May 1, 2006

"Avoid These Workplace Dogs", March 20, 2006

"Clicks or Bricks? Add People to the Mix", February 20, 2006

"Toyota's Lean & Green Strategy", January 23, 2006

"Navigating the Career River", December 26, 2005

"Peter Drucker, the Hippest Man in the Western World", November 21, 2005

"Google, Microsoft and SUN - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", October 17, 2005

"Managing Risk in a Flat World", September 19, 2005

"Executive Career Extreme Makeover", August 22, 2005

"The Philosophy of Accounting", July 18, 2005

"Are You Experienced",  June 20, 2005

"It's a New Arena, and the Ice is Fast", May 16, 2005

"Can Ray Ozzie Save Microsoft?",  April 18, 2005

"Career Management for Non-Dummies", March 21, 2005

"HP, After Carly", February 21, 2005

"Management Secrets of Genghis Khan", January 17, 2005

"In IT, Sell the Shave, Not the Razor", December 13, 2004

"Apply Evolutionary Theory to Manage Your Career", November 8, 2004

"Diagram Your Career", October 11, 2004

"In Football or Business, Focus on Weaknesses", September 20, 2004

"Why Leaders Succeed", August 9, 2004

"Managing an Outsourcing Career" - Outsourcing Journal, August 2004

"Andersen's Folly: A Cautionary Tale", July 12, 2004

"Star Trek Got It Right on Computers", June 14, 2004

"Temper Vision with Discipline", May 10, 2004

"Writing the Strategic Executive Resume", April 12, 2004

"Clear Vision Makes Executive Hiring Easier" - March 15, 2004

"IT Buyers Learned Their Lesson" -  February 9, 2004

"How to Get Minnesota Back on the Global Track" - January 12, 2004

"Network Like a Dolphin" - December 8, 2003

"XBRL - The Next Financial Revolution" - November 10, 2003

"Ask Yourself - What Would Winston Do?" - October 13, 2003

Of Course IT Matters - September 8, 2003

10 Things a Tech-savvy Executive Should Know - August 11, 2003

Is SARS China's Chernobyl? - July 14, 2003

Outsourcing ala Buffett - June 9, 2003

Hiring the Post-Modern Technology Executive - May 12, 2003

Sarbanes-Oxley: Enron's Revenge - April 14, 2003

Competitors Don't Kill - March 10, 2003

Globalization Meets Outsourcing - February 9, 2003

Why Beijing Likes Linux - January 13, 2003

Happy Birthday Peter Drucker - December 9, 2002

Meet the Real Revolutionaries - Commerce Chain Executives - November 11, 2002

What is a Commerce Chain, Anyway? - October 14, 2002

Spotting the Losers - September 9, 2002

A Genius For Change - August 12, 2002

Do You Have the Team to Execute the Dream? - June 17, 2002

When Elephants Learn to Rock and Roll - April 7, 2002

TV's are Commodities - Are Computers Too? - January 14, 2002

After the Gold Rush, Who Will Prosper? - September 3, 2001

I Want to be Like Mike (Dell) - June 17, 2001

Why Minnesota Won't Catch Up in Software and Why it Won't Matter - April 2, 2001