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A Heated Debate If your family is anything like ours, there are unwritten rules about subjects that you don’t bring up at Thanksgiving dinner under any circumstances. One of those topics is politics. Why? Well, Aunt Vicky is a passionate Trump supporter, Uncle Larry wants Hillary in office, your cousin is championing Bernie and Grandpa […]
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We’ve been discussing what true collaboration looks like when it happens as a part of company culture. A few weeks ago, we wrote about what it doesn’t look like, with regard to the waves of collaboration software hitting the market. So, what does your culture need in order for employees to truly collaborate? A Known […]
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The major outdoor sporting goods brand REI made a somewhat strange announcement this week: they will be closed for the unofficial annual American celebration of consumerism on Black Friday. With other retailers heading in the opposite direction and staying open for business on Thanksgiving, why would REI give up their share of the hundreds of […]
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What is “Collaboration” and Why Does Everyone Need It so Badly All of a Sudden? The ideal of collaboration is inarguable. We see a team huddled around a big table, pencils and papers everywhere, the best ideas written on the whiteboard. They guzzle coffee and work into the wee hours of the night until they […]
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Everywhere you look, there seems to be a new product or service designed to get people to talk to each other less. Or, to put it another way, services to help people overcome the extreme struggle of having to talk to people—because who wants to do that? From the long established robo-operators, to the ubiquity […]
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For most, the release of Apple’s iOS9 was a welcome development. From new ways to multitask to novel ways to befuddle Siri, there is plenty to love in the mobile operating system. Unless, of course, your business happens to rely on mobile advertising. Then iOS9 essentially signaled the ad-pocalypse. For the first time, the new […]
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Browse a bookstore (there are still a few yet extant) or surf Amazon and you might come to the conclusion that “purpose” is the both most important concept in the 21st century lexicon and that the finding of the same is the paramount objective for work and life. From books like The Purpose Driven Life to […]
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Expanding the Concept of Value For too long, the “business-as-usual” approach to generating revenue and achieving growth has disengaged customers and employees, bred mistrust and damaged reputations by substituting relentless pursuit of profits for vision and frequently foregoing mission entirely. Business literature and practices favoring “efficiency” typically address only a particular business need, such as […]
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There’s an emerging trend to replace Procrustean national symbols with more sparkly versions of the same by means of a popular vote. Switzerland recently sent its national anthem packing, perhaps with similar motivations to a recent petition to change the US National Anthem to Uptown Funk. In the realm visual symbols, put a design to […]
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Could we be at a BS tipping point? If Xerox’s new marketing campaign is any indication, we might just be. In the ads, a businessman is overwhelmed by a flurry of marketing jargon thrown at him from all directions while Harry Nilsson’s Everybody’s Talking At Me plays in the background. The payoff? There is a […]
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