Monthly Archives: June 2009
When Someone Else Erodes Your Corporate Reputation
At lunch the other day, I dashed into the local outlet of a big-box sporting goods retailer to grab a pair of Nikes. This is a pretty easy process for me. I just snag a pair of size 11 running shoes. At a price point of about $85, my feet will be perfectly comfortable no …
CEOs missing social media opportunity
In its early days, social media was considered to be a communications channel that was the sole turf of teens and twenty-somethings, clearly outside the mainstream. But as Facebook, Twitter and myriad other social media sites grow in popularity and influence, it is becoming impossible not to consider these a part of the mainstream of …
Our mood as told by the box office
Comedy. Comedy. Comedy. Comedy. Thriller. Comedy. Swashbuckler. Comedy. Comedy. Thriller. If you want any evidence that America wants to feel good, check the weekend box office tallies (genres listed above). Even comedies that were supposed to fizzle are sizzling. And so it has been this summer movie season. I can relate to the national sentiment–life …
Social media muscle on display following Iranian “election”
As I was driving to the office the other day, a local radio personality offered a not-so-insightful observation regarding social media, Twitter in particular: “I’ll give it (Twitter) another year…maybe,” he quipped. Following what passes for an electoral process in Iran, in which the power of social media was in full display, I wonder if …
Business climate reality check
“How’s your business so far this summer?” I asked the woman behind the counter. “We’re down,” she said, giving me an answer I already knew. “Last year we had the problem with the lake, and now the economy. People cancel and I ask them why. ‘I lost my job,’ they tell me.” Our exchange occurred …