The latest assertions on how we can bend workplace culture toward greater creativity and innovation.
Betty Hinshaw 1943 - 2006 Some of you may have noticed I didn't post on Friday. That is because we laid my mother-in-law to rest yesterday (Friday). She didn't care for the 'in-law' part, so I just called her Mom and she just called me son. Friday was bitter-sweet....
If you're in the Tulsa area on March 29th, don't miss the BMA Tulsa annual seminar. It will cover small business and marketing topics. Speakers include the pithy and engaging blogger, John Moore of Brand Autopsy. The small business topics covered in the morning are as...
If you haven't checked out Squidoo, well it is worth a visit. By searching Seth Godin's brainchild, I've found some great information on HR and ideas for a professional organization to which I belong. Check out my lens when you have a moment. I haven't really figured...
AOL has a neat little section of 'Coach' videos. There's a lot on relationships and dating, but my real interest was in the clips from business coaches like Jeffrey Gitomer and Tom Peters. Especially check out Peters' Brand You presentations. Good stuff. I wonder what...
In response to John Moore of Brand Autopsy and Tom Peters of Tom Peters!, here is my stack of books I'm reading. OK, maybe I'm not reading all of them at once. I used to read 6-7 books at a time. Right now, I focus on one at a time... sometimes two. These are the...
How does change occur? From the inside-out or from the outside-in? Answer: Both. This is true of people and organizations. Before this change happens, there is friction. Either friction on the inside or friction on the outside. Friction is really neither a good thing...
Use. It's a word that we use all the time. (sorry, I had no other way to say it) "What's the use?" "It's no use." "I feel used." "I'm used to that." "I have no use for that." Yet I believe we consider 'use' very little. What is THE use? The use of an MP3 player. The...
Each weekday morning, I receive a bubbly, little invite to check out what I may win that day. It could be a business book (or a library of books), or it may be a seminar, CDs, an interview with a famous author, or a bag of crap from the lost and found (they've given...
Antony is staying on top of AT&T's apparent misrepresentation of services offered (or at the least inconsistent representation). Check out Anthony's post over at Names@Work to see how this one turned out. Left hand (advertising) meet right hand (website). Apparently...
Being a former Creative Director, I'm concerned with the bad reputation attained by the word "creative" nowadays. I look at the work of CP&B for Burger King and have a certain respect for the cleverness of the ads and the entertaining quality. I see the Geicko ads and...
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