Thinking About Zombies on a Rooftop in Rome
In the light of a July morning, I crossed a bridge over the Tiber that was built in the year 62 BCE and wondered if, in all the Earth, there is an older bridge still [...]
July 2018
Everybody Should Leave America Immediately
No, not forever. What did you think I meant? Just for a vacation. Remember those, when you went somewhere amazing with your family for two weeks because, well, obviously, you could? And because you wanted [...]
May 2018
Why “Enfant Terrible” is Not a Viable Leadership Model
The Chief Executive got on the phone and, while his conversation was being broadcast to the public, started sounding a little crazy. When he tried to explain his successes, he got confused on the numbers [...]
January 2018
On the Role of Leadership in a Shape-Shifting World
The communicator’s dilemma: leading the leaders. The communication of leadership is the most important thing you can work on in a company, because everything else depends on getting that right. This is critical, because we [...]
November 2017
You Can Build a Secret Army. Or You Can Be a Dodo. Choose Carefully.
Once, at a dinner party in Dallas, I met a man who had grown up in Yorkshire in the 50s. He told me about a Friday night in 1962, when he was a 16-year-old working [...]
October 2017
How I Found What I Love To Do
Art Markman at the University of Texas posted a request on LinkedIn. Hey LinkedIn folks. I'm working on my next book, which will focus on the psychology of the workplace. Periodically, I'll be looking for [...]
September 2017
The Art of the Deal with the Devil
When stories first started coming out in 2014 about Uber executives threatening journalists who criticized the company, it seemed like a case of bad crisis management. A VP in the company said something stupid [...]
June 2017
How To Be A Better Leader In A Shape-Shifting World
A speech to the CEO Communications Summit, Montreal, June 14, 2017 We’re here to talk about the communication of leadership, about the relationship between CEOs and their communicators and what that relationship means in the [...]
April 2017
How to pitch like a screenwriter and win more business.
Whether you’re trying to pitch your start-up business to investors or your new creative campaign to the C-Suite, you’ll improve your chances of winning if you pitch like a screenwriter. Why? Because screenwriters don’t pitch [...]
March 2015
How I survived SXSW and had fun doing it
I had a great few days at SXSW meeting some fellow authors, listening to a few speakers and wandering around the exhibits. A funny moment was in the green room when I getting ready to [...]