Casual Fridays

I dropped in on Pause, my guilty pleasure, and Jory has posted her take on Randall Rothenberg’s interesting article in Strategy+Business.
Like Jory, I was taken back by the article and left feeling like it challenges a lot of what we’ve learned from Seth Godin’s Purple Cow and Tom Peters’ WOW! Either I totally misunderstand [...]

Last weekend I met with some friends for a little retreat. We reflected on life and looked at how our passions and experiences might be indicating purpose for our lives. As we shared our lives with each other I thought about how I wouldn’t want to do what they do, and they probably [...]

Per Bruce and (of course) Seth, Gilette has announced they will unveil a 5-blade razor in early 2006.
Somebody please remind me, what is the benefit of multiple blades? Multiple opportunities to cut myself? Originally, I believe they touted that you could get a smooth shave with one stroke of the razor. So, [...]

Ever try to serve hors devours on a rubberband?
Ever try to bend a toothpick?
If you manage employees, do they know what rules are flexible or inflexible? Seth gives a good example of why they should.

Do you work within an organism or an organization?
What’s the difference?
If one part of the organism hurts, the other parts feel the pain as well.
An organism tries to keep its body intact. It prefers to heal rather than amputate.
Parts of an organism work in conjunction. The eyes can give guidance to [...]

Where are you, your company, your product, your brand, your industry?

In my absence next week, I’d like to refer people to John Moore’s Brand Autopsy blog. John has his own entertaining and insightful way of approaching brands and marketing.
One of his favorite “patients” (aka targets) lately has been GM and their employee discount for everyone. While I agree with him on the dangerous [...]

Seth Godin says oh yes you can!
Amazing what can happen when the rules of your company don’t supercede the heart of your company. Customers actually like you. Sometimes enough to tell others about it.
Novel idea.

Do you want to inspire people to be kind, thoughtful, and generous to one another? Apparently the NCAA doesn’t.
Josiah Q. Roe’s article at Irresponsible Journalism points to a story of the NCAA’s inability to recognize what is actually right in college athletics today.
UGA is playing Boise State opening day. Some UGA fans hear about [...]

OK, I’ll admit that I’m an Apple fan. Having a background in graphics, I have been hooked on Apple products since I was introduced to them in college. I’m used to hearing how the sky is falling and Apple is hanging on by a thread. That’s why I’m so happy to see [...]