In machine gun-fashion President Trump fires off a plethora of bad ideas on social media. Fortunately, many of his off-the-cuff ideas evaporate in the abyss of social media. I hope that this is the ...
Many of us have experienced planning committees where loud, big idea people dominate. They’re the ones who believe all their ideas are gold and they’re not shy about sharing their genius.
One of the biggest threats to a brand’s reputation? Falling in love with your own bad idea. It sounds almost too obvious to be true. Yet I’ve seen it happen across boardrooms, industries and ...
In the recent Tribune article about the “No Kings” protest, Gov. Cox, in hindsight, attempts to denigrate the protest organizers for ignoring DPS’s suggestion that volunteer “peacekeepers” was a bad ...
Where do good ideas come from? After serving as CEO of the advertising agency BBDO Worldwide for 20 years, working closely with some of the largest brands in the world, I've come to an answer: Good ...
Bad ideas spewed from Washington at a dizzying rate last year, but even locally, sighs of relief could be heard as reason crept back in and ill-considered plans crept out. It is perhaps an indication ...
I was pushing my bike when it happened this time. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does happen, I am usually already home or safe or in that space of wise and informed reflection that becomes ...
When I was a boy taking piano lessons, one thing above all was guaranteed to frustrate my teacher. My fingers would land on the same wrong keys for the seventh or eighth time in a row and Mrs.
The business graveyard isn’t littered with failed ideas as often as it is filled with unspoken truths, unacknowledged problems, and teams that slowly drifted apart without ever truly confronting what ...