The Quest for Success: Identity

The Quest for Success: Identity

Companies are founded every day. Products and services are created every day. All are named. Some become well known. Some achieve the revered status of brand. Some succeed. Others do not. Why? The simple answer is: identity. Every brand has an identity. Every brand...
The Gentle Realist

The Gentle Realist

I don’t know Steven J. Thompson. But I admire the man. All I know of him, so far, is that he published this post: “Leadership without Arson”. But because of that post, I know and admire these things about Mr. Thompson: He’s a realist. He...
Fun With Words

Fun With Words

My colleague and LinkedIn connection, Derrick Martins, posted what he had to have known would be irresistible bait for a word-shark like me. More specifically, he angled for trouble when he published this piece — “Analytics and Big Data: The Skeptics vs. the...
The Persona of My Business Technology Agenda

The Persona of My Business Technology Agenda

I love dots. And I obsess about connecting them. That’s why I wonder when people obsess about other things, like this — “Leading CMOs Will Excel at Customer Obsession in 2016” — without connecting them to other things, like this: “5 Questions...
Take That, Starbucks!

Take That, Starbucks!

There are some things for which modesty and humility just don’t allow me to wish. But my inherent propriety notwithstanding, it appears I may actually achieve the status of Certified Home Brewer (CHB). I hadn’t dared hope. “And how, precisely, will...