Even postal strikes aren’t what they used to be. Sure, there are picket lines, barrels full of burning stuff (what do they burn, anyway?), and a much emptier recycling bin, but the payoff isn’t there. It used to be that the end of the strike was a bit of a postal Christmas morning. Beloved magazines, […]
Friends Like These or Why Most Trusted Advisors are Neither
Is trusted advisor the theme of the week? I have at least half a dozen emails, voice mails and other rubbish asking to be my trusted advisor on everything from social media to something called talent optimization ( which is either bagpipe lessons or a hit squad for employees I don’t like). Forgive the unfortunate […]
Algorithms & Blues in the Obscurocratic Empire
This week my youngest son started high school. In an age where self-esteem is considered a core metric of eduction systems everywhere, many high schools hold welcome parties or special orientation days for freshmen and their helicopter parents. They give out elaborate packages of information but. naturally, the only thing in the package any of the […]
Nine Great B2B Links for Labour Day that Have Nothing to do with Golf
On the Thursday before Labour Day, good marketers across Canada and the United States are thinking just one thing: How early can I sneak out today? Gentle friends, let me help you out. Go now. Run. And take with you these links to terribly important marketing things you need to ponder from home. Or maybe […]
Is it Time to Fire the Outsourcerer’s Apprentice?
I suspect that someone who is standing in a hotel lobby screaming “I’m gonna lose my sh*t” into his mobile phone is probably not going to see his sh*t again anytime soon. Yet there he was lighting up the lobby of the Fairmont in Montreal so, naturally, I had to swing in for a closer […]
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