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Why All the M&A Activity? Count Your Sandwich Shops

Why do you think today's business news is teeming with M&A activity: Adidas buys Reebok. P&G buys Gillette. SBC buys AT&T. Because the old guard is searching for a solution. A solution to what? Let me enlighten you by telling you ...READ»

Dude, You're Getting Dell'd

Or: Are you really ready for the rise of DIY media? We'll let others hash out if Web 2.0 is the right term for what is happening on the Web right now. What is already having an impact on the way we do business is the arrival of ...READ»

Finding My Path in the Blogosphere...

Even though I toyed on and off with Blogs using first Blogger and mostly Typepad it is not until March of this year (2005) that I became a steady blogger. I have to thank Debbie Galant of Baristanet for giving me a ready made name ...READ»

Lovely Spam! Wonderful Spam!

It was announced today that one of the world's top three spammers (now there's a list you want to be on... and can't opt-out) has been ordered to pay a $7 million settlement to Microsoft. Good Thing. Bill could use the money. I ...READ»

Oh... My... God!

I just read this in this month's issue of Meetings & Conventions magazine. I'm not kidding: Why Brand? Branding carries great weight in the corporate world, where billions of dollars are spent on advertising campaigns in a ...READ»

Smart-Chip Technology Hits Passports

I remember in college, an almost daily prank was slipping a library book into a friend's backpack without them knowing it. When they left the library and walked through the sensors, the unsuspecting student would be met with blaring ...READ»

The ROI on Doing a Favor

We've all heard that favors are a social lubricant and workplace currency. You do something nice for someone, and they'll return the favor. Everybody wins. It's a bit more complicated than that, according to Columbia University ...READ»

P&G on "How to Change Company DNA"

On the heels of reading Fast Company's Masters of Design issue, I attended the International Brand Design Conference and heard Claudia Kotchka present on the design imperative facing consumer goods manufacturers. Kotchka leads A.G. ...READ»

Product Co-Creation Broadway Style

Back in May (okay, I'm a little behind), there was an article in The New York Times by Randy Kennedy about audience participation with Tony-nominated "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee". I found it to be an interesting ...READ»

Global Competitiveness vs. Summer Vacation

Okay everybody, please tell me what's worse: losing our national standard of living or giving up three weeks of our children's summer vacation? I know how I feel about this and so I'm pretty steamed by what I saw on television last ...READ»

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