Succeeding With DIMWITs
While surfing LinkedIn the other day, I noticed an article about organizational transformation. (Good luck with that.) The profile of the author indicated he was responsible for innovation. The first thing that crossed my mind was that being responsible for innovation...
Yellow
YELLOW & BRAND Yellow JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 24 October 2019 Today I looked out the windows in my office and noticed the trees are a beautiful blend of yellow. Some are a greenish-yellow like an unripe banana. Others are a bright yellow...
The Long, Painful Death of PowerPoint
It finally happened: In a recent Discovery Session with a new client, the client said, “We need you to create new presentation materials for us. But we don’t want you to use PowerPoint.” I don’t know what unnerved the client more — the fact that I wept openly or that,...
Precedents aren’t permanent.
Humans are creatures of habit. It’s easier to keep with the familiar precedent – even if it’s torturous – than it is to commit to making a change. But with change and broken habits, we can uncover new and more healthy ways to experience conflict.