Dig Deeper.
Articles, book reviews and thoughts on executive coaching, communications and the world of business.
You are what you read #2: What Great Brands Do by Denise Lee Yohn
Think about the great companies you know, the great brands you’ve made part of your life, even part of your personality. Did any of them get there because they had great advertising? The answer is [...]
The Revolution Inside: The Two Questions that Will Rock Your World
This week, millions of people are making their New Year’s Resolutions but the sad fact is that, according to The Journal of Clinical Psychology, only eight percent of them will be successful in achieving their [...]
Flight or Fight: Airlines Put the Squeeze on Passenger Space
If you're traveling over the Holidays, I wish you luck and an intense level of acceptance of things beyond your control. If you're a very frequent flyer and the weather's not too bad, you may [...]
Mary Barra: A New Driver at GM
Some of you know that my first speech writing work was at General Motors in the 1980s. Don Runkle, then the Chief Engineer at the CPC Division (Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada) was trying to start a revolution of [...]
Mental Health Moment
From my friend Bill Herz, a video of the funniest man I've ever seen: Larry Griswold. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_o-bkL8n08&feature=youtu.be
People Who Think Well, Write Well
David Oglesby was one of the best "communicators" ever and a driving force in the great advertising of the Sixties. Here, from one of my favorite sites, Brainpickings, is an excerpt from this 1986 book, [...]
What’s the Value of the Information Economy?
I subscribe to the Sunday New York Times so I can access the New York Times on line. I subscribe to Andrew Sullivan's Dish blog and to Rhapsody's music library. I subscribe to Netflix, too. [...]
Are Millennials Really Different?
Yes, says consultant Tom Agan, in a column in the New York Times. He holds that Millennials -- people in the workplace born after 1980 -- are more accustomed to the rapid, real-time networking and [...]
The Three-Legged Puppy
Jackson died last night. He wasn’t missing a leg but, at a little less than four months old, he was missing a functioning liver. Of course, we didn’t know this when we brought him home [...]
The Success of the Intervention
"The success of an intervention depends on the inner condition of the intervener." Bill O'Brien former CEO, Hanover Insurance As you're asking your leaders to be innovators, talent developers and culture builders, it's important, I [...]
Overcoming Stage Fright
I don't know anyone who doesn't get a little stage fright when they get up to speak. It's natural and it's healthy, part of the body and mind's natural response to stress. Here are some [...]
Just Say Yes — Leadership Lessons from Improv Comedy
Improv comedy isn't about great writing or carefully crafted characters. It's about being fully present, in the moment and fearless. It's about being ready for anything. About being accepting. About staying loose. And being so [...]
EKOCENTER offers a drink and a smile to poor communities.
Coca-Cola just announced a global partnership to provide clean drinking water and Internet kiosks in as many as 20 countries in the next two years. Today, we are announcing that we will place between 1,500 [...]
A peak at the future from an early Apple design guru
In the early 1980's, Steve Jobs turned to Frog Design and Hartmut Esslinger. Working together, they established the design language and philosophy that drove not just Apple's development but much of the best product design [...]
Keep walking, global middle class
A great article in the current issue of Foreign Policy on the massive global expansion of the Johnnie Walker brand, as expressed in this beautiful TV spot for the Mexican market. Johnnie Walker. Keep Walking [...]