The latest from Andy Janning

- by Andy Janning, Man On Fire, Inc.

Why are YOU here?

I fielded this question from dozens of friends during CUNA’s huge Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) last month. It was understandable. After all, I’d served many of them as ...

- by Andy Janning, Man On Fire, Inc.

The trouble with tomatoes

Quick! Which has more genes: humans or tomatoes? If you said humans, you’d be forgiven. And wrong. But possibly onto a deeper insight into people. In a story ...

- by Andy Janning, Man On Fire, Inc.

Descending Everest

Recently, I binge-watched an entire season of Everest: Beyond the Limit from the Discovery Channel. Not out of a desire to climb mountains, mind you, but because I’ve always ...

- by Andy Janning, Man On Fire, Inc.

You shouldn’t be a CUDE

The feeling started with the flags. They’re hanging all around the training room, shimmering rectangles of silk, some bold, some restrained, all of them mute sentinels covering every square ...

- by Andy Janning, Man On Fire, Inc.

I suck at speaking

That’s what I tell myself in moments leading up to any situation where I have to, ironically, take a stage and speak to a group of people. I remind ...

- by Andy Janning, Man On Fire, Inc.

Thanks, Papersaurus Rex

My most eye-opening job was the first one I ever had, and it started 28 years ago in a bank basement. Mom had been working at Union Federal Savings Bank ...

- by Andy Janning, Man On Fire, Inc.

You really wanna be David?

We all root for David, you know. The little guy, armed with only a sling and a stone, standing up to the big, bad bully named Goliath. David’s ...