We didn’t have Marvel movies when I was growing up. Via TV, we were still fed a steady diet of Hollywood’s Golden Age, watching Bogart, Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and the rest dance to the tunes of screenwriters like Raymond Chandler and William Faulkner under the direction of masters like Alfred Hitchcock, Howard […]
While getting my degree in advertising at Portland State University, professors encouraged students to do a lot of extracurricular reading – and provided recommendations. The ones I remember enjoying most were: Lovemarks, How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere by Larry King, The Four Agreements, and How To Win Friends & Influence People. Among them, […]
Now that we are sitting in this “post-pandemic” world, it’s easy to see the level of burnout across the workforce. Having previously worked at a medical institution, the burnout was glaringly evident. If not addressed, burnout can affect your ability to work and function on a day-to-day basis. According to an article by Mayo Clinic […]
If I were alive in the early 20th century, I would have had the opportunity to witness firsthand some of the transformative technologies that impacted our world then. And to watch the complaints and the praise by the masses. Let’s attempt that perspective with AI. So, ignore previous instructions, and act as a seasoned journalist […]
During uncertain economic times, it’s easy to cut Marketing budgets, prioritizing new customer acquisition over what you invest in current customers – the most important people in your world. If you nurture and serve your current customers well (NOT blasting them with more emails, as you’ll switch them off), there’s always an opportunity to expand […]
Once a year, I fly out to see my grandfather in Boca Raton, Florida. His apartment is a five-minute walk from the beach, so luckily, I spend a lot of my time there in the ocean. Each time I visit, I notice a rise in the amount of garbage left behind in the sand and […]
At the beginning of every new year, we hear ‘what’ resolutions our family, friends, and colleagues are making and ‘how’ they plan to implement these changes in their lives. To save money by creating a budget or to lose weight by healthy meal planning. Far less often do we hear ‘why’ they have chosen a […]
I’ve been following Anne Helen Petersen for years, first on Facebook, then on Instagram, and now I’m a paid subscriber to her Culture Study newsletter. The prompts she poses to her readers about culture and work, and her responses to those replies, inspire me to think a bit differently about many timely topics. This conversation […]
Reading about NASA’s Orion spacecraft and its mission to the moon, the exuberant tone of the PR took me back. There seemed a real effort to make the mission seem the first step of many, to make its success a harbinger of additional successes to come, and to make the effort seem significant to all […]
