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A Brief Plea To The One On The Phone

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Maybe it’s a lack of respect. Maybe it’s just that too many of us were raised believing that we were the center of the universe and could do no wrong. Or maybe it’s just that I’m too damn old and I don’t get it. But someone, as Ricky used to say, has some ‘splainin’ to do.
Been on a train lately? Or how about in a checkout line? Waiting for movie tickets? Then you’ve probably seen – or heard – it too. Let’s discuss. Continue reading

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The Trouble With 5 Year Plans

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One of the annual fire drills in many businesses is the creation of THE FIVE YEAR PLAN. For my money, it’s one of the biggest wastes of executives’ time out there and since, as we all know, stuff rolls downhill, that loss of productivity extends to their staffs.
There was a release this morning from comScore which made me think of this. It’s their annual U.S. Digital Year in Review report and let me tell you why the rant about five year plans came to mind. Continue reading

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The Ultimate Technology

Lots of folks in the tech space spend an awful lot of time on social media.  They think about it, design new products to enable it, figure out business plans to market using it, plot ways to make money off of it – it’s a big deal!  to a certain extent, I’m one of those folks, since a number of my clients are in the social space and even the ones that aren’t really invested in it want to know more.  That means that I think about it a lot as well and I want to share a thought I had about it that I think points everyone in the right direction. Continue reading

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