Monthly Archives: May 2010

What motivates you?

I’ve recently been listening to a compelling audiobook about motivation, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which author Daniel PInk says is about “the mismatch between what science knows, and what business does.” Pink calls for a “new operating system” for business that focuses not on the extrinsic “carrot and stick” incentives, but [...]
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9 Observations from 3 Days in Paris

These are some things that struck me while in Paris last week. They’re not necessarily profound, but just some observations of a first-time visitor. 1. Subway maps are universal and require no translation. Having been to Washington, D. C. and New York a few times, and having visited the Netherlands and London last year, my [...]
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Blogging from 30,000 Feet

As I’m on my Delta flight from Newark to Minneapolis, the second-to-last leg of my return from Paris, I decided to give in-flight wifi a try. It’s kind of cool to be able to track our flight progress as well: right now we’re at about 36,000 feet (according to the captain), and according to the [...]
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Presentation to HPRMS at The New York Times

I’m delighted to be presenting to the Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Society of Greater New York at a seminar this morning hosted by the New York Times. For someone who has spent a substantial portion of my career in news media relations, being able to present at The Newspaper of Record is quite exciting. [...]
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Twitter ROI

This is one of those “your mileage may vary” cases, but it also illustrates Thesis 18: As I Approaches 0, ROI approaches infinity. It also demonstrates something I learned back in my basketball days: you can’t score if you don’t shoot. I had the pleasure of attending TEDxTC on May 5 at the Science Museum [...]
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