Bureaucracy: 1 Creativity: 0

Bureaucracy: 1 Creativity: 0

by | Apr 8, 2019

Stand back, kids. Creativity is about to take it in the shorts … again.That’s right. Last week, Accenture announced plans to acquire an advertising agency. Here’s all you need to know:Accenture is trying to add the kind of creative muscle not normally associated...
Do Interviews Work?

Do Interviews Work?

by | Apr 4, 2019

FANTASY & INTERVIEWS Do Interviews Work? JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 4 April 2019 When it comes to hiring new employees, the current times seem pretty dire. Resumes are copied and pasted from the internet, skills are exaggerated, and...
Say What?!

Say What?!

by | Apr 1, 2019

I once got a call from the publisher of a trade publication. The publisher and the publication shall remain unnamed to protect the stupefyingly unbelievable. I was in the T.F. Green airport in Providence, Rhode Island, when I received the call. I vividly remember that...
Transformation

Transformation

by | Mar 28, 2019

How can you change? How can you transform? It’s pretty easy to think about how other people should change, but how about yourself?

Homer Business Review

Homer Business Review

by | Mar 25, 2019

As you may have surmised from this post and myriad others, I’m no fan of Harvard Business Review (HBR). Maybe it isn’t fair to say I’m not a fan. Perhaps it’s more accurate to say I don’t see the point of publishing things that are patently apparent to sentient...
You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat

by | Mar 21, 2019

GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT You Are What You Eat JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 21 March 2019 Our brains are hungrier than our stomachs. Every smell, sight, experience, and thought we encounter feeds our brains on a consistent and daily basis. What we...