Chances are that you’re still scrambling for some of your last minute gifts this holiday season. I usually leave the
Continue readingTag: newspaper column
Is Your Flinch Response Holding You Back?
Does your flinch response still protect you? Tony Blauer is a a world-class close-quarters combatives instructor who now spends his
Continue readingNewsjacking Turns You Into The Expert
Newsjacking. As news broke last week that Amazon started selling its long-awaited entry into the tablet (and iPad led) market
Continue readingA Life Without Technology
There’s no doubt that technology brings with it some scary things. The scariest of them all is of the uncertainty.
Continue readingThe Customer Is (Not) Always Right
There’s an ongoing business axiom that defines customer service: "the customer is always right." Publicly, this may be the proper
Continue readingThe Main Lesson That Digital Offers The World
True story… I was making my way through the airport magazine shop and did my usual pit stop by the
Continue readingOn Weirdoes, The Long Tail, Seth Godin And You
Here Comes The Weirdoes On Page 16 of the business book, We Are All Weird, by one of the world’s
Continue readingA Basic PR Blunder That Most PR Professionals Make… Constantly
Public Relation professionals do the darndest things. Some background first: I practiced journalism, worked in communications and did a stint
Continue readingKickstart Your Own Economy
Can you test the market for a product without ever producing it? CW&T is a self-described, "teeny design studio in
Continue readingApple Turns Its i To Television
Are you paying attention to Apple‘s next move? At the top of the trending rumors for the next version of
Continue readingThe Business Of Motivation
Motivation is a strange beast. In April 2007, I was asked to be a speaker in a full-day conference that
Continue readingYour Meetings Suck
Meetings suck. At around 2:00 pm on any given weekday, the same sinking feeling comes over me at the office
Continue readingAnything You Want
What If You Can Have It All? This past week, Montreal hosted the first-ever International Startup Festival (from July 13th
Continue readingCo-dependency In The Age of Facebook
It’s hard to imagine that there is a Facebook killer somewhere around the next tech innovation, but there probably is.
Continue reading5 Ways To Survive Your Inbox
I love email. I hate email. Most people probably have a similar love/hate relationship with email as they grapple daily
Continue readingTension As Motivation
If we’re not creating tension as a Marketing Professional, then what are we doing? Jeffrey Hayzlett (the former CMO of
Continue readingThe New Twitter Effect
Twitter is mainstream. It was another week of Twitter getting mainstream media accolades as news of Osama Bin Laden taking
Continue readingDo The Work!
Wearing a suit and tie was never my thing. In fact, I can remember being in my late teens and
Continue readingHuman Business In The Social Media Age
Can Saving The World At Work Make Sense? When former Chief Solutions Officer and Leadership Coach at Yahoo!, Tim Sanders,
Continue readingThe Art And Innovation Of Listening
It’s never been easier to hear what your consumers are saying about you behind your back. The concept of listening
Continue readingOn Having A Platform
The way any individual can move the needle in their professional career is by having a platform. Part of the
Continue reading
Never another podcast episode or article 