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September 29, 2022

What’s the difference between a methodology and a terrorist?

We took the Valize team on the road to attend this exclusive, high-level event.  Here are a few snippets.   You can negotiate with a terrorist!   Ivar Jacobson was referring to the tendency for… Read more »

Filed Under: Digital, Fun, Leadership, Opportunities, Seeing Around Corners, Thought Sparks

September 5, 2011

Technology organization charts - some humor sent to me

Many a truthful word is spoken in jest and is that ever true about these technology company organization charts! Check it out just for laughs here.

Filed Under: Fun

September 5, 2011

Technology organization charts – some humor sent to me

Many a truthful word is spoken in jest and is that ever true about these technology company organization charts! Check it out just for laughs here.

Filed Under: Fun

July 12, 2011

Out of touch Telco Managers and my colleague Tom Stewart’s response!

"Shocked, Shocked" says my dear friend Tom Stewart of a recent report in the New York Times that Telecommunications operators felt "out of touch" with their customers.  What do you mean?  That call to a robot in… Read more »

Filed Under: Fun, News Archives

April 9, 2011

Quote of the Day from the album KMAG YOYO (which is a rather rude military acronym)

Just bought this album by the irreverent Hayes Carll and laughed out loud at this bittersweet line:  "Boy, you're not a poet, just a drunkard with a pen!" Hey, we can't be serious all the time!

Filed Under: Fun

March 20, 2011

T-Mobile & AT&T!  Oops…just kidding around about the network thing, honest!

Apple has certainly inspired a lot of imitators. Among them a series of ads in the "I'm a Mac / You're a PC" vein basically insulting AT&T's network coverage.  Oops.  And worst of all, they can't even pull the ads… Read more »

Filed Under: Fun, News Archives, Strategy Execution

February 7, 2011

Advice for would-be media darlings – A hilarious YouTube series

I ran across some truly hilarious examples of desperately awful speaking to the media on YouTube.  The series is a set of short clips, beginning with Media Coaching Example #1, in which a beauty contest… Read more »

Filed Under: Fun, Strategy Execution

June 5, 2010

Unintentional irony - the “Oh Never Mind” file

This picture from a 1999 advertisement for British Petroleum:  

Filed Under: Fun

August 12, 2009

The C-suite is becoming a dormitory!

Or so says Barbara Gyde, who as director of marketing for Columbia Business School’s Executive Education division ought to know.  My brother, the sourcing genius who follows these things, just sent me a link to… Read more »

Filed Under: Fun

June 30, 2008

Women mentoring women

Although not part of the typical topics of my blog, I ran across this quote and couldn’t resist.  It was in ForbesLife Executive Woman (Summer 2008) on the hectic schedule and professional accomplishments of April… Read more »

Filed Under: Fun

January 29, 2008

Tricks of the mind – and why proofreaders have such a difficult time

Sent to me by my brother, with observations from my mom that the power of the human mind to capture information is quite remarkable.  It also helps us understand why good proofreading is so difficult. … Read more »

Filed Under: Fun

December 19, 2007

Dumbest moments in business 2007 - I do miss Business 2.0

Each year, I had come to look forward to Business 2.0’s compilation of idiotic things that happen in the world of business.  As that magazine is now unfortunately defunct, Fortune appears to be picking up… Read more »

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