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A Little Humor Goes a Long Way
Essays, observations, and stories—published here, on LinkedIn, and on Medium.
Why am I holding this corndog?
Because fear kills creativity, and humor is one of the best—and perhaps most underutilized—tools a leader has.
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New entries can point to an article on this site or directly to the original post on LinkedIn or Medium.
The Overview Effect: What a 1968 Photograph Taught Me About Marketing Leadership
Your dashboards are the map. Your customers are the terrain. Most of us forgot the difference.
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The World’s First AI Practical Joke
A silly comic about something that might eventually become a very serious question.
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The Seventh Seal
Mara had been to holy places before. Hebron felt like a sentence still being argued over.
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Marketers Who Consistently Excel
Lessons about the values high-performing marketing professionals bring to work.
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The Job That Taught Me How To Stay Curious
At the time, I thought I knew better. The lesson was to stay curious because change is always lurking ahead.
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What Is Your Professional Horsepower?
People talk about horsepower like it means peak performance, but that isn’t what the measure was designed for.
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