Looks like next week’s GSMI Social Media Strategies Summit in Chicago is sold out, which is freaking awesome and totally not surprising, especially with a roster like this speaking! I’m thinking of organizing some festivities for the night before… more on that in a moment… If you’re not coming to Chicago for this event, you [...]
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If there was any doubt left in anyone’s mind, the recent Kony 2012 video phenomenon should make one thing clear: Emotional advocacy > Rational discourse You can see the same idea at work in the titles on the NYTimes bestsellers list today: Becoming China’s Bitch (“Solutions to the challenges that threaten America”) and Indivisible (“An examination of politics, [...]
Why does Starbuck’s play their music so loudly? It doesn’t matter which store I’m in, doesn’t matter what time of day it is, the music is always too loud. Is it to keep business people from turning it into their office? Is it to make people sound more interesting (the same way poor bar lighting [...]
I just finished watching Moneyball. Great film. Here’s a scruples question, based on the ending: Let’s assume that the owner of a competing company recruits you. He wants you to move across country for a new—and more prestigious—job—for about 60 times your current salary. Assume also that you are passionate for your current job, for [...]
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