This past week I had an exciting experience. A news aggregator called PRDaily included my post on loved and valued priorities on its homepage for a day. My site visits more than […]
Business Planning and Flexibility
“Rely on planning, but don’t trust plans”. This is a quote from Eisenhower as he was planning D-Day. This insightful quote encapsulates my message to entrepreneurs and managers about business planning. Business plans are […]
Critical Thinking: Belief vs. Evidence
Barbara Ehrenreich explores the “dark side” of positive thinking in the short video below, with an interesting discussion of delusional thinking. I’ve thought a lot about the mis-use of research. Much of the […]
Deadline Management
Research from Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational shows that hard and fast deadlines, set by evil professors actually result in better grades for students. Interesting. Ariely did a study where […]
She ain’t Pretty, She Just Looks that Way: Design and the User
The other day I walked downtown to get the world’s best soft ice cream. As I walked I noticed that the two million dollars of improvements to the main street looked amazing. The […]
Changing Your Beliefs: An Uncomfortable Experience
When was the last time you questioned one of your deeply held beliefs? I know that it has been a while for me. This occurred to me as I was reading a […]
The Wisdom of Experts
I’m sitting out on the front patio in Grand Bend Ontario, enjoying the beautiful summer weather. Not a cloud in the sky. Reading the Globe and Mail in that leisurely sort of […]
The Price is Right
Pricing can be a way to build or destroy brand equity and, at the same time increase consumer cynicism about the intent of corporations. For example, my sister, the realtor, came back […]
Brands, BS and Authenticity
After critiquing authenticity relentlessly over the past few weeks, I’m now going to talk about its positive side. I’ve been reading Mike Moser’s book, United We Brand (2006, Harvard Business School Press). […]
Authenticity as an Excuse
I’m on a bit of an authenticity kick these days. Perhaps because I’m reading a great book by Andrew Potter entitled the Authenticity Hoax. Although I’m a believer that we must be […]
The Attention Economy
I’ve been reading Chris Andersons new book “Free” (for which, ironically, I paid $34.99 at Chapters Book Store). Anderson is the guy who brought you “The Long Tail”. In Free, he argues […]
The Social Media Revolution
Community organizing has been an interest of mine for years. It embraces the concept of leadership and followership in many ways. A number of years ago, (okay, about 20 years ago), the […]