Think Un-Product I was waiting to see the movie, “Lincoln,” last weekend when the this “trailer” played in the theater. “Oh no,” I thought, another cliché movie about finding love and missed connections, literally and metaphorically – as love between two bloggers blossoms as a result of a [...]
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.” - Dale Carnegie Carnegie’s timeless wisdom is even more important today. The explosion in data and “content,” and the [...]
If you haven’t seen a few TED talks (live or via TED.com), you are missing out. If you have, well, you know how great the talks are. TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) and TEDx – independently organized conferences focusing on local communities– are well-run and inspiring events that [...]
I had the pleasure of chatting recently with Bill Sheridan (Communications Manager and Editor) and Tom Hood, CPA (Executive Director) of The Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants, known as MACPA, a top thought leadership blog in the accounting industry. MACPA’s blog, CPA Success, has heavily evangelized not [...]
I had the pleasure of chatting with my colleague and co-conspiring mischief maker, Shel Israel, about his latest book, Stellar Presentations. Shel and I first met as Founding Fellows of the new media research think tank, Society for New Communications Research, sncr.org. A masterful storyteller, Shel Israel is [...]
No joke! Although it sounds like the set-up to a punchline, right? Human and accounting in the same sentence! Who would have thought? Keeping it Human did. We've always believed it matters, and that it is an issue important to every industry. Small Business Labs calls "being human" [...]
I had the pleasure of interviewing Don Bulmer, VP of Communication Strategy at Royal Dutch Shell, in January 2012 about how the company is approaching storytelling today. This article captures the essence of that conversation, and how Bulmer is planning to put an updated, human face on a [...]
I love the wonderfully heartwarming classic holiday special, “Frosty the Snowman.” This year we introduced the holiday classic to my 3-year-old son. He loved it: the music, the fun, the message of believing in child-like wonder. Who wouldn’t like it?! Then, someone gave us a DVD of holiday [...]
Amazon.com launched its initiative, "Frustration-Free Packaging," to combat what it calls 'Wrap Rage' in 2008 as CEO Jeff Bezos spent too much time unwrapping gifts for his kids one holiday. Check out Amazon's video, Fighting Wrap Rage. Just recently, Amazon.com announced it has 80,000 products signed up to [...]
Steve Jobs was an amazing creative force. Much has already been written in the last day after his passing and much will be written about his contributions to movie animation, to computing and to music for years to come. His contributions were far reaching, and among the most [...]
