The Blunder Years, Episode 56: So, do generations hate each other?
Does every generation seem to believe that future generations “don’t get it” and will “screw it all up?” Plus: the decline and rise of listening. Continue Reading
Listening
Wrong but prevalent attitude: “It’s gotta make money immediately”
Let’s use two images here to start. The first one I saw on Saturday morning on the LinkedIn news feed deal. I have no idea why I look at LinkedIn on Saturday mornings. It probably signals something very troubling about… Continue Reading
One rule to get you better at conversations
Carl Rogers, coming in hot. Continue Reading
Conversational narcissism is slaughtering society
80-20 rule, but done the wrong way. Continue Reading
How to convince someone: Currency of the modern age
In an era of never-ending opinions and fake news, this seems fairly important. Continue Reading
Richard Branson and leadership through listening
From here: Richard has so many attributes as a leader that I respect and want to replicate at Virgin Hotels, but what I commend the most about him is his listening skills. Given his success, you might think he would… Continue Reading
Marketing and the passionate minority
Found this over on Mack Collier — he’s a good dude and runs #BlogChat, which I should probably contribute to more — about “clean” and “dirty” conversations in the marketing space. Before you excited and think some brand is gonna start… Continue Reading
Fast Company on how to introduce new ideas: Completely roll over
I really like Fast Company and read it a lot, although moreso the digital side and less so the paper side (if I read the print product, I’m probably on a plane somewhere). Sometimes, however, they massively whiff with the stuff they… Continue Reading