Your LinkedIn job title is ridiculous.
You’re not an “Analytics Sensei.” That sounds preposterous. Continue Reading
What is ‘collective creativity?’ (And could it work for you?)
What if you flipped the power pyramid (i.e. the hierarchy) of your organization so that formal power slid to the bottom and idea-generation came from the rank-and-file? Could it make you more money? It might. Continue Reading
To overcome doubt, surrender formal power. Honestly.
The whole idea of “overcoming self-doubt” is a huge racket that people need to spend time on, myself included. It’s really hard to accomplish things at work (or in your personal life) if you have a lot of self-doubt; you… Continue Reading
Digital Marketing 101: Know your brand, add value for your user, take risks
Stop chasing pointless metrics all the time. Focus on these core tenets. Continue Reading
Only 50 percent of people are clear about what’s expected of them at work. Awkward.
I got that stat from here, which is in turn from here. This doesn’t really surprise me. Let me give you an example from a job I had a couple of years ago. The marketing team here had this basic… Continue Reading
It’s probably time to fire JT3, Georgetown
I went to Georgetown University for undergraduate. I’m old, so that was a long time ago (graduated in 2003). Four years after my crew of people graduated, we made a Final Four run with John Wallace and Jeff Green, etc.… Continue Reading
People always confuse these “Get power at work” discussions
Among the concepts in the world that most make me want to put a rifle to my dick and pull the trigger are “People tweeting headlines that promise some kind of amazing return in business or life” (such as “Six… Continue Reading
U.S. social media usage is actually below the global median
I know some days it can feel like everyone you know is on social media doing their whole “me-former” thing, but in reality only about 74 percent of Internet users in America actually use social sites. (More information is here; women… Continue Reading