The following is the first of two posts by Michael Bungay Stanier, senior partner at Box of Crayons and author of Do More Great Work.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been pretty much a Good Boy. Without wanting to delve too much into my psychological underbelly, it’s probably got something to do with [...]
Found this over on Chrisbrogan.com. Worth five minutes of your day today. Also check out EightPrinciples.com.
I never really knew what kind of job I wanted to have. I was terribly unfocused in school, kinda fell from job to job after graduation, never really had a plan. After Erik and I had been dating for a couple of years, I began to think about what I wanted from my work. I [...]
(An open letter to Michael Moore)
Dear Mr. Moore:
Hard to believe it’s been 20 years since you shined a spotlight on the canyon between Roger Smith and the people of Flint.
What’s even more surprising is that it’s gotten worse since then.
While 30,000 workers in Detroit (80,000 to date according to Wikipedia) fell to the hands of [...]
I said it before and I’ll say it again, Skookum rocks. They’re doing the development for the new site, and they’re doing it pro bono. Since I can’t pay them the money they deserve, I can only praise their name to anyone who needs development for their own projects.
If you do, contact Bryan Delaney ( [...]
As with most advertising creatives, committing to a regular schedule does not come naturally to me. So what I’m about to commit to feels a little funny. (Then again, entrepreneurism in general feels unnatural, so why stay in my comfort zone now? )
From now on, there will be something resembling a schedule to Please Feed [...]
In Ad-Job Drought, It’s Time to Think Outside the Industry
by Erik Proulx
This article originally appeared in the TalentWorks section of Advertising Age.
During sustained droughts, the yellow-bellied slider turtle instinctively relocates toward the direction of the nearest body of water. He doesn’t wait in cracked mud for a deluge that will never arrive. He doesn’t look [...]
This Adweek article was written way back in March, but it is just now pissing me off. It quotes Amy Hoover from TalentZoo, who said that during this recession, “You can expect a cut in title and pay,” and “You’re lucky if you can make a lateral move.”
Really? Tell that to Chris Kahle, who got [...]
Every agency has their Untouchables. Those few, proud right hand men and women who are the last to go. They are the rain makers and award winners. They bring a little bit extra and contribute more than they’re paid.
One thing’s for sure. They aren’t dispassionate or un-opinionated. The people who’s jobs are most safe aren’t [...]
“There will be an adjustment to her life expectancy.”
This from a doctor to a nurse, who took notes feverishly on her clipboard as they stood by the young Puerto Rican girl occupying the recovery-room bed next to my son’s.
Ben had just endured tonsil and adenoid removal, and had tubes put in his ears to prevent [...]
