Leadership is always critical, but never more so than at the beginning of a crisis.  It is at this point that we have the best opportunity to control our destiny.  Customers will forgive and even rally behind companies that admit errors in judgment, but will desert those that fail to step-up and instead hide behind press releases and legal departments.

Social gaming is situated at the forefront of a massive new burst in innovation and delivering services to consumers.  Just as CD-ROM and PC gaming gave way to consoles, as the preferred platform for home entertainment; consoles are in the beginning of a potential death-spiral and will seemingly be replaced by social and mobile platforms.

The future will unfold to us in due course and it seems that with the leadership being demonstrated by Mark Pincus, Zynga could be the leader in the new app economy.

I am lucky to of had this opportunity! 

Everything changed on Monday when Knowledge Adventure announced a round of lay-offs, in which I was included.  I could say I was surprised, but I really wasn’t.  I was however deeply disappointed that my opportunity to work with the exceptional team that we had assembled had come to an end.  People are the key ingredient in any business and I have always especially enjoyed working with individuals just beginning their careers.  So much can be accomplished when everyone is included and we don’t care who gets credit. 

So now I move on to new and unknown opportunities.  The future has never been more exciting.  I look backwards only to remember these wonderful people and to find a new challenge where perhaps the team can be reassembled so we can climb a mountain together.