by Mark O'Brien | Feb 28, 2022
Oh, boy! Connecticut, the state in which I live and work, now has a paid family leave program. With this headline — “Gov. Ned Lamont just signed a sweeping family and medical leave law” — here’s how the Hartford Courant trumpeted this wonderful news:...
by JoAnna Bennett | Feb 24, 2022
LEAVES & POTENTIAL I’m a Writer JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group February 24, 2022 I was listening to the podcast Back2Different with Mac Bogert last Monday. He was interviewing one my favorite people, Mark O’Brien. While they were...
by Mark O'Brien | Feb 21, 2022
You think you got problems? On Saturday, parts of Connecticut, including the one in which we live, experienced what was uniformly described as a snow squall event. It started at 4:15 p.m. and was over by 5:00 p.m. It was characterized by near white-out snowfall and...
by JoAnna Bennett | Feb 17, 2022
WISDOM & ADWORDS Unlearning JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group February 17, 2022 Have you ever heard the phrase, but we’ve always done it that way? I have. It happens in client meetings. It happens in family systems. And it happens in politics. I...
by Mark O'Brien | Feb 7, 2022
You can’t go anywhere, do anything, watch anything, read anything, or listen to anything of late without encountering something having to do with The Great Resignation. And anywhere you go, anything you do, anything you watch, anything you read, or anything you...
by JoAnna Bennett | Feb 3, 2022
BOMBOGENESIS & MINDSET A Bombogenesis You Say? JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group February 3, 2022 About this same time last week, I heard the loud chatter of an upcoming blizzard. I’m not one to take anything at face value, so I took what I heard...
