If you’re reading this and were born in the US, there is a decent chance that it is. Michael has been one of the top 2 baby names (for boys) in the US since 1954. Michael even pulled off an impressive 37 consecutive year run in the #1 spot from 1961 through 1998. Not bad. When my […]
Hugh has a nice post about Mark Earls’ “Purpose-Idea”. Regular readers of this space should know that I’m a big fan of Mark… his latest book Herd is required reading IMHO. Frankly, the brand BS floating around in a lot of organizations feels a lot like someone recently discovered that brand is the new ‘mission-vision-values’. Another excuse […]
I think it was perhaps last week’s edition of CBS’s 60 minutes that covered a story about Denmark being the happiest country on the planet. In what I am certain was a dramatic over-simplification of the matter, the report juxtaposed a collection of rather sombre looking Danes against research suggesting they’re the happiest people on […]
In the midst of a fairly normal evening last night, I decided to email my financial advisor. Not a long note… just a quick bit of unsolicited marketing advice to a friend. My advice wasn’t at all revolutionary – you’ll notice below that it’s actually rather basic. But, he took the advice and acted on it today… […]
It almost never happens. Rarely, if ever, is everything wrong. I was asked by a senior executive last week to give my opinion as to why her organization, with all of their financial resources and widespread market awareness, has so far been unable to make the changes that are necessary in order shift the conversation surrounding her […]