Category Archives: Society & Culture

The Most Dangerous Phrase In Marketing

The Most Dangerous Phrase In Marketing

There is one phrase — one mindset — that holds back more progress, creative thinking and innovation than any other. It promotes complacency and sends a clear message that stifles curiosity and experimentation. Unfortunately, it is also a fairly common … Continue reading

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Seven Tips For Managing Up

Seven Tips For Managing Up

Let’s face it — leaders and managers operate in a demanding climate. Often they are being asked to do more with less. Decisions are constantly scrutinized. A lack of progress and growth could mean that jobs are on the line. … Continue reading

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Top-Five Tips for Digital Work/Life Balance

Top-Five Tips for Digital Work/Life Balance

This past weekend was a pretty major holiday here in the U.S. It’s often the time we have with friends and family, when we are not focused on working hard, that we can appreciate and remember why we do. So … Continue reading

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Being Busy Versus Being Productive

Being Busy Versus Being Productive

The world is not short on ideas. However, walking the talk and playing your role in facilitating the execution of ideas and helping to move a project or a business from point A to point B is harder to do. … Continue reading

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Modern-Day Marketing Leadership

Modern-Day Marketing Leadership

Hundreds of books and thousands of articles have been written on the topic of leadership. So there’s no need for me to pontificate on the general traits of an effective leader or whether a leader is born or made. Regardless … Continue reading

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Have You Hugged Your Smartphone Lately?

Have You Hugged Your Smartphone Lately?

Originally published in MediaPost’s Online Spin… I’m writing this week’s column on an iPad in Bali, Indonesia. There is a lot of irony in that statement, given the low penetration rate of connected devices and even smartphones in this market. … Continue reading

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The Cloud, Channel Agnosticism, Consumer Choice -- "Media Everywhere"

The Cloud, Channel Agnosticism, Consumer Choice — "Media Everywhere"

Fast forward a generation … the concept and delineation of what is “TV” or “online” or “mobile” content will have not existed for some time. What we once referred to as a “media channel” will be irrelevant, and content ubiquitous. … Continue reading

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