Horn Bar

I’m flying down to New Orleans this evening for a three day Starbucks Leadership Conference, along with every other SBX store manager in North America.  Not sure how we’ll fit 10,000 people on one plane, but I hear that technology has advanced since I last flew.

I am excited about the gathering of peers, and the direction of the company that will be set into motion by our fearless leader, Howard Schultz, especially in this pivotal moment in US Business history.  I wish I had as much confidence in whoever our next president will be to right the ship.

But I am most excited about leveraging the critical mass of 10,000 enthusiastic volunteers over three days to pitch in, and help with the continuing recovery efforts in a post-Katrina New Orleans.  I don’t know the details of specifically how we will help, but we were instructed to bring "work clothes" for a day of the conference, so I would anticipate much cleaning, building, painting, and sweating.

I’ll let you know when I get back how it went.

Now, I’m going to to ask my dad how to use a hammer.