THOUGHTS
My Morning Routine
How we get our mornings started sets the tone for the rest of the day. There has always been a lot of interest in the benefits of establishing a morning routine by highly successful people. Successful leaders that I know share some common traits. Most insist on...
Just Another Day in the Neighborhood: Remembering the Inauguration of 2009
My day started at 4:30 AM and a hike to get a ride. The roads were already bustling at 6 AM and masses of people were moving towards the Mall. The designated driver could not reach the hotel for the traffic and security perimeter, so I grabbed a cab. A small group of...
A Habit for Success: The 5 AM Club
The FIVE AM Club is a real thing. 15 years before Robin Sharma’s genius book The 5 AM Club, my dad taught me to implement a practice that would change my life and the course of my business. One day, he called to ask me to meet him for breakfast. I had been in the...
“Creating a winning way is about developing a culture of
community service and impact through purposeful action.”
– BOB CLARK
THOUGHTS
My Morning Routine
How we get our mornings started sets the tone for the rest of the day. There has always been a lot...
Just Another Day in the Neighborhood: Remembering the Inauguration of 2009
My day started at 4:30 AM and a hike to get a ride. The roads were already bustling at 6 AM and...
A Habit for Success: The 5 AM Club
The FIVE AM Club is a real thing. 15 years before Robin Sharma’s genius book The 5 AM Club, my dad...
THOUGHTS
My Morning Routine
How we get our mornings started sets the tone for the rest of the day. There has always been a lot...
Just Another Day in the Neighborhood: Remembering the Inauguration of 2009
My day started at 4:30 AM and a hike to get a ride. The roads were already bustling at 6 AM and...
A Habit for Success: The 5 AM Club
The FIVE AM Club is a real thing. 15 years before Robin Sharma’s genius book The 5 AM Club, my dad...
Reading list
My Top Books of All Time
I was recently asked to create a list of my top 5 books of all time. It’s difficult to narrow down my top 5, or even my top 50 books of all time. If you ask me in 6 months, my answer may even be different. However, here are some that come to mind. 1. Gods and Generals...
The Books That Inspire Me to Think BIG
Recently I decided to read, in quick succession, an assortment of books about phenomenal business and tech leaders. I’ve found that reading related books one after the other usually leads to new insights that come from seeing the similarities and the differences. I...
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
There has been a lot of press following the release of Barack Obama’s presidential memoirs. Many of the reviews point out how much our former President reveals his humanity in A Promised Land — the hefty volume that is only part one of two. The book is regarded as a...
IMPACT
The Lesser-Known Reality of Rare Disease
Memorial at the Ellen S. Clark Hope Plaza, Washington University School of Medicine. The pandemic...
Clayco Rising — A Hub for Diversity and Inclusion Impact
In building, everything starts from the ground up. 25 years ago, we started building diverse and...
Arts Initiative—Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Both in my personal engagements and at Clayco, I do what I can to support and promote the arts...
IMPACT
The Lesser-Known Reality of Rare Disease
Memorial at the Ellen S. Clark Hope Plaza, Washington University School of Medicine. The pandemic...
Clayco Rising — A Hub for Diversity and Inclusion Impact
In building, everything starts from the ground up. 25 years ago, we started building diverse and...
Arts Initiative—Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Both in my personal engagements and at Clayco, I do what I can to support and promote the arts...
Art collection
Beyond Black History Month: Celebrating Black Artists Year-Round
We’ve entered a new year, and we have a new administration, yet the challenges that we face as Americans are as old as any of us can remember. Every February, we celebrate Black History Month and then feel like we have done our part in recognizing both the adversity...
February’s Featured Artist: Theaster Gates
My great friend, Theaster Gates, is a visual artist and urban planner who describes himself as “equal parts artist, bureaucrat, and hustler.” As an artist, Gates creates multimedia projects, installations, and performance art that confront issues of social justice,...
January’s Featured Artist: Kerry James Marshall
Untitled (Pen), 1998. C-Print. Gallerist: Kavi Gupta, ChicagoKerry James Marshall was born in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama before his family moved to South Central Los Angeles where he was raised in the Watts neighborhood—known for the riots in 1965 that were a...
“Creating a winning way is about developing a culture of community service and impact through purposeful action.”
– BOB CLARK
IMPACT
The Lesser-Known Reality of Rare Disease
Memorial at the Ellen S. Clark Hope Plaza, Washington University School of Medicine. The pandemic has demonstrated a lot of things about the medical community and the reality of disease in this day...
Clayco Rising — A Hub for Diversity and Inclusion Impact
In building, everything starts from the ground up. 25 years ago, we started building diverse and inclusive practices into our company, while also shifting things in the industry. We were the first...
Arts Initiative—Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Both in my personal engagements and at Clayco, I do what I can to support and promote the arts because I believe they are crucial to our success. One of the newest initiatives we are taking on...
ART COLLECTION
Beyond Black History Month: Celebrating Black Artists Year-Round
We’ve entered a new year, and we have a new administration, yet the challenges that we face as Americans are as old as any of us can remember. Every February, we celebrate Black History Month and then feel like we have done our part in recognizing both the adversity...
February’s Featured Artist: Theaster Gates
My great friend, Theaster Gates, is a visual artist and urban planner who describes himself as “equal parts artist, bureaucrat, and hustler.” As an artist, Gates creates multimedia projects, installations, and performance art that confront issues of social justice,...
January’s Featured Artist: Kerry James Marshall
Untitled (Pen), 1998. C-Print. Gallerist: Kavi Gupta, ChicagoKerry James Marshall was born in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama before his family moved to South Central Los Angeles where he was raised in the Watts neighborhood—known for the riots in 1965 that were a...
ART COLLECTION
Beyond Black History Month: Celebrating Black Artists Year-Round
We’ve entered a new year, and we have a new administration, yet the challenges that we face as Americans are as old as any of us can remember. Every February, we celebrate Black History Month and then feel like we have done our part in recognizing both the adversity...
February’s Featured Artist: Theaster Gates
My great friend, Theaster Gates, is a visual artist and urban planner who describes himself as “equal parts artist, bureaucrat, and hustler.” As an artist, Gates creates multimedia projects, installations, and performance art that confront issues of social justice,...
ARCHITECTURE
February’s Featured Architect: David Adjaye
At its core, architecture is about building for communities. No one does community-focused architecture better than my friend, Sir David Adjaye, which is something I’ve always admired about his...
January’s Featured Architect: Mario Botta
Two architects that altered the way I think about design and buildings are Eero Saarinen and Mario Botta. Both have a striking shift in the paradigm of what buildings can do to change the very way...
December’s Featured Architect: Jeanne Gang
Architect Jeanne Gang, who was named Time Magazine’s most influential architect in 2019, deserves recognition for both her incredible designs and her work in raising awareness about ecological...
ARCHITECTURE
February’s Featured Architect: David Adjaye
At its core, architecture is about building for communities. No one does community-focused architecture better than my friend, Sir David Adjaye, which is something I’ve always admired about his...
January’s Featured Architect: Mario Botta
Two architects that altered the way I think about design and buildings are Eero Saarinen and Mario Botta. Both have a striking shift in the paradigm of what buildings can do to change the very way...
READING LIST
My Top Books of All Time
I was recently asked to create a list of my top 5 books of all time. It’s difficult to narrow down my top 5, or even my top 50 books of all time. If you ask me in 6 months, my answer may even be different. However, here are some that come to mind. 1. Gods and Generals...
The Books That Inspire Me to Think BIG
Recently I decided to read, in quick succession, an assortment of books about phenomenal business and tech leaders. I’ve found that reading related books one after the other usually leads to new insights that come from seeing the similarities and the differences. I...
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
There has been a lot of press following the release of Barack Obama’s presidential memoirs. Many of the reviews point out how much our former President reveals his humanity in A Promised Land — the hefty volume that is only part one of two. The book is regarded as a...
READING LIST
My Top Books of All Time
I was recently asked to create a list of my top 5 books of all time. It’s difficult to narrow down my top 5, or even my top 50 books of all time. If you ask me in 6 months, my answer may even be different. However, here are some that come to mind. 1. Gods and Generals...
The Books That Inspire Me to Think BIG
Recently I decided to read, in quick succession, an assortment of books about phenomenal business and tech leaders. I’ve found that reading related books one after the other usually leads to new insights that come from seeing the similarities and the differences. I...
Adventurer in Hope
We get to choose our priorities and how we spend our time. Over the course of my life, my priorities have shifted immensely, and I now spend a large amount of my time focusing on the work that our foundation is doing, as well as being engaged in impactful community efforts. I’ve created Bob Clark Beyond as a space where I share my thoughts, impressions, and the lessons I’ve learned; but also to share about the work we are doing and encourage others to “go beyond,” joining with me in creating impact beyond our own walls.
Adventurer in Hope
We get to choose our priorities and how we spend our time. Over the course of my life, my priorities have shifted immensely, and I now spend a large amount of my time focusing on the work that our foundation is doing, as well as being engaged in impactful community efforts. I’ve created Bob Clark Beyond as a space where I share my thoughts, impressions, and the lessons I’ve learned; but also to share about the work we are doing and encourage others to “go beyond,” joining with me in creating impact beyond our own walls.