April 22, 2019
Solving the Brand Challenge.
If you can solve your brand challenge, you can probably solve everything else in your business. But if you don’t...
Brand Strategy
April 11, 2019
Living Beyond the Listicle.
In a recent strategy session with a client-partner, the topic of content marketing came up. During this conversation, one of the...
March 11, 2019
Leading Positively.
Something I learned early in my career as a business leader and entrepreneur was to give credit where credit is...
February 22, 2019
The beautiful thing about business. (a TEDx talk)
As a designer and an artist, I’m trained and practiced in the creation of beautiful things. As a brand and business...
January 8, 2019
The Hardness of Soft Skills. Impact Zone, Part 2.
Building on the analogy of the impact zone (the part of the surf line-up where the waves are most likely...
December 11, 2018
Navigating the scariest place on earth: The Impact Zone.
There’s a term in the surfer’s lexicon called the impact zone. It’s the part of the surf line-up where the...
November 11, 2018
Rarity is Underrated.
We, humans, come wired to connect, fit in, and belong. While belonging is essential for a healthy organizational culture and...
October 22, 2018
The Art of Differentiation
This past week I was on the air for a spirited conversation with the good people of BISTalk radio. We...
October 8, 2018
Bees and Your Business.
I’m a novice apiarists—AKA a beekeeper. For the past couple of years, I’ve been tending hives, and I’m slowly learning...
September 22, 2018
Half Life of Innovation
The impact potential of new ideas in the marketplace is not what they used to be. The rate and pace...