by Mark O'Brien | Sep 3, 2019
Most people think the biggest fears in life are of dying or of public speaking. I’ve never been able to equate the two. But maybe that’s because I’ve never been asked to give a speech to an audience of armed snipers. Besides, I’ve pretty well resigned myself to the... 
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 26, 2019
Readers of George Orwell’s 1984 typically imagine Big Brother to be a rather ominous looking character — dark, menacing, clearly threatening, though he neither raises a fist nor carries a weapon. (Can someone please remind me, again, why 1984 isn’t required reading?)... 
by JoAnna Bennett | Aug 22, 2019
PREGNANCY, MOTHERHOOD & WORKPLACE Define Your Riches JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 22 August 2019 A headline on LinkedIn recently caught my eye: “Is pregnancy an obstacle at work?” The headline glared at me from the right side of my news feed.... 
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 19, 2019
Okay. Come on. Admit it: You were on the verge of losing faith in Harvard Business Review (HBR), weren’t you? You just didn’t think, after all the blatantly obvious and trivial inanities it’s published, it could continue to maintain its stride, right? O, ye of little... 
by JoAnna Bennett | Aug 15, 2019
STRESS & MINDSET Fear JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 15 August 2019 While watching the movie, Croods, with my children this past weekend, I couldn’t get a quote from the introduction out of my head. While one of the main characters is... 
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 12, 2019
I’m a guy who believes in the evolution of consciousness. The paper pills in the pocket of Dr. Reefy in Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio, published in 1920, for example, were a literary device created to suggest the lunacy of Dr. Reefy. Just 48 years later,... 