Today, as with many days, I was piled in meetings, end to end. Conference calls, to be specific, but much the same thing. And while we often lament the productivity-killing meeting, there are such things as meetings with merit. But whether you’re the one on the organizing end or just Read more »
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It’s Not Them. It’s You.
Or it might be, anyway. I love hearing all the various and sundry excuses that roll around out there for why something doesn’t or can’t work for your business. You’re in B2B. You’re in B2C. You’re a non-profit. You don’t have enough time. You have a limited budget. You can’t Read more »
Being the Constructive Heretic
My insightful friend Tamsen has helped me realize something this year about my professional self that I didn’t quite realize with such clarity before: I’m the person that tends to go against the grain, but with the aim of forward progress. I work very hard to toe lines and push Read more »
Tough Love: We Have Work To Do
I say “we”, because I include myself in what I’m about to say. Yesterday, I posted that what we really need is more people with solid business skills. And Justin commented, rightly so, that many of the people shouting AMEN might just be part of the problem. He’s not wrong. Read more »
Will The Business People Please Stand Up?
I don’t care about social media gurus or experts or mavens or whatever. That whole thing is going to settle itself out eventually, when the good work starts getting more concrete, and the people actually doing the work continue demonstrating and illustrating their learnings and results. What concerns me far Read more »
The Importance of Boundaries
The emergence of the internet, real-time web, and social media technologies have made the “work” day longer and longer. There’s no such thing as an 8-to-5 job anymore, and if you work in the web space, there’s an emerging expectation that you’re constantly available and immediately responsive. But where’s the Read more »
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