The latest assertions on how we can bend workplace culture toward greater creativity and innovation.
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...
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.
Advertising and the Christian faith make strange bedfellows. My wife and I are currently going through a small group study by Crown Financial Ministries. The study is intended to help families apply biblical principals to their money management. One of the points they...
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...
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...
Next week, my wife and I will be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. Between the blog and her, she wins – hands down. So, no blue jeans and t-shirt next week as Casual Friday is cancelled. Don't fret, it shall return after Labor Day. Sunburn and all.
OK, by now this AP story is old news. Here's the gist: RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went...
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...
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