Watching Biz Stone, Twitter Founder, on the Colbert Report I was struck by how quickly the marketing world is changing. It wasn’t long ago that a person was defined by their home and, to a lesser extent, their office space. That’s where we kept our records, pinned up photos, decorated our walls and made conscious […]
Read MoreI have a confession to make. I didn’t buy Apple when it was $34 a share (as an art director told me to), nor did I buy it when it was $64 a share (as he reminded me to). As such, I failed to sell when it reached almost $200 a share. It seems, in […]
Read MoreThe Clute Institute recently published an paper entitled, ‘From Push to Pull: Emerging Models of Mobilizing Resources’. It examines the shift from traditional “push” models to emerging “pull’ models in terms of how we organize and manage business, and how that shift will affect the way businesses interact with consumers and social activity in the […]
Read MoreIn my last blog I discussed the case for optimism, re-characterizing this extremely difficult period of economic turmoil as a necessary transition to a period of possibility best approached with openness rather than fear. That begs the question as to how to participate in this process in order to take full advantage of the opportunities […]
Read MoreThis blog begins with a happy conspiracy of circumstances that led me to D.C. and, ultimately, through the kindness of others, to this wonderful room at the Hay-Adam’s Hotel. As an Australian, I knew little about the hotel until the First Family stayed there in the weeks before President Obama’s inauguration. To find myself in […]
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