Flew out Sunday, early evening, through Phoenix. Lengthy cab ride to resort north of town, near some beautiful mountains. All-day affair with the Monitor Group, participating in a scenario-building workshop for a client (major division of major corporation). I served as expert in one group as we rotated through future world scenarios and then gave an unrehearsed address at the dinner to wrap things up. Went off of notes I took during day. Lotsa X-Ys, so familiar turf and plenty of fun. Also fun, though a bit nervy, to dream up impromtu 45-minute presentation on the spot, but a fun, retro, low-key challenge, as I drew everything as a I spoke on butcher block paper. Went over well, and the subsequent Scotch was Dalwhinnie. Monitor Group, best known for Michael Porter and a sub (Global Business Network under famed futurist Peter Schwartz) is a very impressive bunch. Ran a great show, and the quality of the people was uniformly awesome, including a Milwaukee-born with a PhD in Econ from MIT. It was fun to run with these big dogs for the day.