Category Archives: Reality checks

Cost Isn’t Value

I read something this morning which I find to be disturbing. It’s a quote from Michael Roth, the Chairman of Interpublic. I’ll get to the quote in a second but the reason why I find it disturbing is that it reveals a fundamental flaw in the media world. It’s not something that’s new but it has had a negative impact for many years and that impact is only increasing. Continue reading

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Careful What You Wish For

I’m one of those people who is on the “we have to bail out the auto guys – they’ve screwed the pooch badly but are too big to fail” bandwagon.  I’ll save the histrionics about the hundreds of times over the last 30 years, when last you and I bailed out one of the Big 3, these guys made bad decisions for another post.  For now I want to focus on a plan these guys have to use the web and social media to plead their case. Continue reading

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But you got to have…

I’ve been traveling so this will be a quick end of week post.  A year ago, I went through some major changes in my life which began a year ago tomorrow.  I’ve discovered an awful lot about myself but also the answer to this quiz:

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