I’m going to make an argument here (and probably do so poorly), and the argument is going to be a little bit hard to follow (I think). Bear with me. I think there might be something here. (Generalization to start)… Continue Reading
Via TrackMaven, here are some key takeaways from the 2015 CMO Survey. In general, marketing spending will rise — and especially on analytics, which may double: By “double” in this case, though, it’s still only slightly above 1/10th of the entire… Continue Reading
In 2014, Americans left about 430 million vacation days on the table. For context on that, let’s assume a workday is 10 hours. That means 4.3 billion hours were left on the table, basically. You could drive from New York City… Continue Reading
Here’s a rabbit hole I went down yesterday: Read this article (in print, not online because I’m old school!) about Bosnian war criminals living in the U.S. and how they might be deported. Asked my wife, “Wait, why are we… Continue Reading
Here’s The New York Times being “goofy” and comparing the number of companies run by guys named John (just the name John) to the number of companies run by women at all. It’s maybe a little bit awkward at parts, but… Continue Reading
This is kind of interesting. MIT has this project called “ULab,” which is designed to transform higher education. That’s a pretty complex topic to tackle, because a lot of the problems with higher education come from the context of how… Continue Reading
Basically, networking sucks — to the point that often the best advice to “network better” is actually to “stop networking.” There are a myriad of reasons for that, not the least of which is networking feels like a game that can… Continue Reading
Maturity and professionalism are a thing, yes, but … if we let people “play” at work, we could achieve so much. Continue Reading