GENESIS May 2012 American business, and particularly marketing and public relations practitioners, continue to encourage corporate agents to view the customer through the prism of matrix models calculated to identify the prospect as numerical “objects” that are leveraged, quantified and then reduced to percentages that are plugged into a measurement equation. Today’s media and marketing […]
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White Paper – CREDO
CREDO The following article was written in June of 2012 for the newsletter of a national executive search firm – New Paradigm I am addicted to peanut butter. But it has to have nuts. In fact, I’m addicted to anything with nuts, but especially peanut butter. Every morning I have two slices of freshly baked […]
White Paper
American business, and particularly marketing and public relations practitioners, continue to encourage corporate agents to view the customer through the prism of matrix models calculated to identify the prospect as numerical “objects” that are leveraged, quantified and then reduced to percentages that are plugged into a measurement equation or algorythm. Today’s media and marketing executives […]
The Bell
Every Christmas I watch the film “Polar Express”. The Robert Zemeckis live performance animation film portrays four children who board a mysterious train bound for the North Pole on Christmas Eve. Whether their adventure is a dream, or reality, is left to the imagination of the audience. Complete with a rail riding ghost and an officious ticket […]
A Christmas “Story”
“I had already accepted failure, so during a Christmas party at the school of my oldest daughter I wasn’t in a festive mood. After leaving a very successful sales career with a national company for personal reasons, I began a career in the real estate industry. However, after less than two years it was clear that […]
The Perfect Sales Agent
The dictionary defines vendor as “someone who sells; The French infinitive is “vendre”, and used in a much broader context as sell, sale; market, vend, trade; barter away. In my experience I have found the vending machine to be the ultimate in the “sales mechanics”of human nature. Have you ever watched a vending machine at […]
Solo Swagger – “Fear of Failure”
For many people failure is due to nothing more than lack of confidence. When confidence levels continue to decline it leads to the pernicious cycle of the fear of failure. In most corporate cultures this is overcome by peer pressure, or a proven support network that people trust. It is not a conscious process, but […]
A Letter
This is part of an email sent to me from a close friend. It is followed by parts of my reply. He is a great guy, dedicated to his family and friends. However, he was beginning to question his faith, as well as his place in the world relative to his observation of others. […]
In Defense of the American Cliché
In defense of the American cliché You’re watching your favourite cable news channel and the talking head introduces the featured guest. It goes like this: Talking Head: Our guest this morning is the Easter Bunny. “Good morning Mr. Bunny welcome to the show. It’s great to see you again, as always” Mr. Bunny: […]
15 Rules For Public Speaking Disaster
There is plenty of advice for organizing a successful public speaking event. But here are 15 rules for public speaking disaster. By: An American Flaneur – A Stream of Consciousness There are countless ways to screw-up a speaking engagement. But, I have 15 rules for public speaking disaster that are quite memorable – starting with […]
American Marxism
American Marxism has recently become a “call to action” for both the neoconservative and devout leftist. Somehow the term “Marxist” has found its way into the American vernacular as an expression associated with political policies intended to transfer wealth from the rich to the poor, and the belief that political power should be concentrated in […]
“Life Isn’t Fair”
They say life isn’t fair – But for those who don’t care – They are willing to share – With nothing to spare – I’m a cook without a book – A cuisine often nice – But never to dare – The same recipe twice – Gardens abound my simple chateau – Bestowing with hope they […]