Day 14 ... If you love the Beatles, off-beat movies with good endings, great music and incredible scenes, check out Across the Universe. The movie is essentially a rock opera using the Beatles' music and the Vietnam War as a backdrop for a romance. This will certainly go down as one of my favorite movies ... for more than the reasons in the first sentence.

You see it was picked by my teenage son for our weeknight movie selection ...  because of the music. Together, we all sat enraptured. It transcended generations. I am awed by that. And it made me pause ... if we are willing to look for them, there are lots of things that generations share in common.

Tammy Erickson's posting Stuck in the Middle: How Generation X can survive the Boomer-GenY Love Fest appears to be about succession in the business world. But put on your volunteer manager hat and reread it. The dynamic she describes is happening in our volunteer workforce too. Our greatest challenge in the next 5 years is to help these generations work together to achieve the mission of our non-profits.

Go Jamie, Go Jamie ... I thought I add my "rant" to Jamie Notter's rant about succession planning and what it isn't.

I personally embrace his definition ...