Last night I was at a meeting and a long time acquaintance was there. He is a retired Admiral who was on the board of a company I worked for years back. It was good to see him again.

The meeting reminded me of how I was the youngest consultant in the firm. This Admiral was always telling management they should have some young staff to prepare for the future. They always told him, "But we have Rob on our staff. We'll get more soon." When I announced I had to leave for another job, the first thing my manager said was "Oh my! What am I going to tell the Admiral?" ;-)

Has anyone heard of this contest? The grand prize is $20K.

http://www.shelleconomistprize.com/

This year's theme is "Do we need nature?"

Good luck to any who try. :-)