Even change requires a discerning, selective eye. We’ve discussed before our need to make room for both innovation AND improvement when it comes to creating more social businesses. I’ll grant you that innovation is the word that scares a lot of people, because it’s loaded. That’s why it gets Read more »
Critique is a skill. Maybe even an art. Few do it well, your humble author included. When we find something we disagree with, our tendency is often to generalize. We don’t like a particular marketing campaign’s spam-laden execution, so we say that all marketers are clueless. A crappy press release Read more »
When the velocity of things changes, the art of setting goals and benchmarks needs to change with it. There’s no one that would question that the pace has shifted around us, especially in business. We’ve never been moving faster, or in so many directions at once. We can debate the Read more »
This is a true story about the time I got called out for something important: not standing up for what I truly believed in. I’ve always considered myself a bit of a constructive heretic. I think I break stuff and upset apple carts, but for the purpose of moving things Read more »
Today, a guest post and a punch of humor from our regular-ish reality check correspondent, Matt Ridings. I realize this isn’t one of those posts that everyone will agree with. That’s fine, we’re all wrong sometimes, and this time it might as well be you. In all seriousness though, there’s Read more »
Lots of tools exist. The knowledge is likely out there somewhere, maybe even documented. Information is everywhere. There are willing teachers, armed with experience and context and the ability to explain things in a way that can help you learn. But you have to want to learn. Not just hear. Not Read more »
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