by Mark O'Brien | Sep 18, 2015
I got the scare of my life this morning. While reading through my various feeds, I saw this headline: “5 Ways Cloud-Based EPM is Altering the Landscape of the Business World”. I suddenly imagined the business world being decimated by equine protozoal...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 17, 2015
People are coming back into vogue, at least in marketing. And I can prove it. Since I’m a believer in the cyclical nature of all things, I knew people would reappear in marketing. I didn’t know when. But I did know why: Data doesn’t buy anything....
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 3, 2015
Given the accelerating pace of change, especially technological change, we should have expected this. Even if we’d noticed nothing but the changes in contact-lens technology, we’d have had to recognize that anything was possible; that the limitations...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 2, 2015
It’s official, kids: Big Data is around the bend, out of control, and off the charts. To prove the point, Harvard Business Review published an article called, “Data-Driven Management Can Also Be Compassionate”. Featuring a photograph of...
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 26, 2015
Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror. (Carlos Fuentes) If I weren’t the epitome of the Eternal Optimist — and if I didn’t believe utterly in the cyclical nature of all things (yes, sanity WILL return) — I’d be despondent right about now....
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 11, 2015
Sound the alarm! Call out the hysterics! Summon the Special Interest Police! Mobilize the Social Equalizers! Put out an APB (absolutely peremptory blame)! Money just published the results of an incriminating study — “Getting Mad at Work Can Cost Women $15,000 in...
