It’s tough to get people excited about too many things at once. What I have found, though, is people remember the things that make ME the most excited.
Sound familiar? So I try to keep it simple. When it comes to food, I make breakfast. And for breakfast, I make pancakes.
Anonymize. That’s a word I hear often these days in terms of how businesses are managing the challenge of balancing the value proposition of Big Data against concerns of privacy. Therein lies a dichotomy of a customized experience vs. the…
From a minor tweet about the length of time it takes to char a barrel for making bourbon to a congratulatory tweet from KFC… How Maker’s Mark missed the mark with their brand strategy. (Note: Date sequences have been adjusted to highlight flows of conversations and threaded discussions)
Here’s a lesson in managing corporate narrative in the age of pervasive communications.
Many thanks to all with whom I’ve had the opportunity to connect over this past year: for your friendship, your collaboration and your patronage. Intelligist Group has lots of exciting plans for 2013 and I owe a great deal of it…
Negotiation is not black and white. It’s infinite shades of gray. However, it’s incumbent upon each party in the negotiation to understand two important positions: what they want and what they are willing to do to get it. And the…
Being able to properly vet might be the most important skill of the 21st Century. Not curing sick animals. Not retiring from military service. I’m talking about “subjecting to thorough examination or evaluation.” We’ve been trained to rely on experts…
So Microsoft is changing the way they license users. Interesting to see that perhaps the balance of power has returned to the users. Software licensing has always been a strange animal. I recall well my days as an IT integrator and…
One of the greatest movies ever made, yet I would wager too few people have seen it. It’s an old movie. It’s stale content. In a society that monetizes consumption, those responsible for marketing content give choices that involve profitable…
SMB stands for Small and Medium-sized Business. Today I want to talk to the small businesses. I’ve written a lot about cloud computing, backup strategies and disaster recovery .These are important topics for larger organizations. For smaller organizations, they are…