Ready, Set – GO! Create a Winning Email Subscriber Base
Starting out on the right foot with your audience is critical to earning their trust and securing your relationship with them.
True Grid
The humble MS Word table has been there for me so many times.
9 Reasons Your Resume Was Ignored
Don’t let these nine red flags bin your resume before it even gets read.
Spoiler Alert: State of the Union Preview
If you’d prefer the 2015 State of the Union to be a surprise, stop reading now because there’s spoilers ahead.
From van Gogh to Creative Government
We take creativity very seriously in the Scottish Government.
Making the Most of MLK Day
Some ideas for you to make the most of MLK Day and do some good.
Real Branding Is For Worker Bees
The fantasy and fallacy of courses in brand is that consultants work like The Wizard of Oz. You think we stand behind a curtain, flipping switches and pulling levers, cogitating and ruminating. Until, like a pregnant woman, our water breaks. And a fully-formed, living, breathing brand pops out into the world, ready to “rock andRead… Read more »
TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up
Volatility remains high and a dramatic drop in the Swiss franc sent stocks on a wild ride this week. Earnings season kicked in and that should provide a catalyst for stocks this week, whether up or down. The indices are at a critical point and I wouldn’t look away too long this coming week. HereRead… Read more »
Restaurant Week in DC January 19-25
This is my twice yearly public service blog about Restaurant Week in DC (January 19-25). Do you take advantage of this? Restaurant Week takes place twice a year, once in the frigid cold of the post-holidays and then again in the dog days of August. Times when diners are likely to be few. For all theRead… Read more »
9 Reasons Why We Should Kill the Bureaucracy
Management expert Gary Hamel says it is time we kill the bureaucracy. He recommends a new approach called Management 2.0 where people move from guardians and gatekeepers to joiners and enablers. Over Management Some of us work in suffocating bureaucracies of multiple management layers. It is difficult to get our high level bosses to listenRead… Read more »