Image “Cold?” courtesy of Allan Foster on Flickr When you ride the subway in fall, you’re reminded that this is the time of year when people share an invisible gift called The Cold. There are hundreds of viruses that cause… Read More ›
Business
Posts about business, marketing, communication, and organizational development.
On giving up
Photo “Shot Put” courtesy of Daniel Wetzel on Flickr Every success is the culmination of a series of failures. To get it right once you have to get it wrong a hundred, maybe a thousand, times. Then you get it… Read More ›
What is your value?
Photo “Beauty Is Simplicity” courtesy of Reji, on Flickr We express value, and we hold values. Honesty, authenticity, courage, beauty, integrity. Our values are conceived in the abstract realm and negotiated in the material world of objects. They are subjective… Read More ›
The world’s most effective people use this simple formula
Photo “junior detective” courtesy of Jessica Lucia on Flickr What sets the geniuses apart—in journalism, entrepreneurship, cosmology, business innovation, and the arts? It’s not the school they went to. Some of the world’s most successful and brilliant people never had… Read More ›
Content marketing and discontent people
Photo “Shopping – Despair” courtesy of David Blackwell on Flickr Newspapers have content, and the business of marketing content is, of course, content marketing. Content marketing asks What gets and holds a reader’s attention? Then it says Do this, and… Read More ›
Are you in a hole or a foundation?
Photo “Huge Hole revisit” courtesy of Sam on Flickr. Down the street, there is an enormous hole. It was a hole one month ago, and it is a hole today. The day is coming when the hole will be a… Read More ›
Money and wealth
Capitalism, entrepreneurship, industry. These terms are often used inter-changeably, but they are not the same. Capitalism is a system of social, political, and economic governance. It is the rule of capital, of property, of surplus value. In a capitalist society,… Read More ›
Change (and why your vote will never cause it)
The United States is dominated by two political parties. The major soft drink makers are Coke and Pepsi. Most of us own a Mac or a PC. In theory, free markets provide a range of choices, but this range of choice is constrained by the suppliers themselves.
When your great company isn’t actually that great a company
Photo “Stress” courtesy of Bernard Goldbach on Flickr Lately, my friend has been telling me a lot about the “great company” he works for. At least that’s what he says: “It’s a great company; the problems are just in our… Read More ›
The source of interpersonal conflict, and what you can do about it
Understand. Be Understood. ✎ By Wayne K. Spear 15% of an iceberg is above the water, where we can see it. We know there’s much more ice below the surface, but it’s pure guesswork as to the size, shape, and… Read More ›
Run your business like a nerd
Be the life of the corner of the room of the party. ✎ By Wayne K. Spear Photo courtesy of Nathan Rupert, Flickr A business can attempt one of two things: to be all things to all people, or to… Read More ›
Consumers and Producers
Eat, drink, and be a good marketer. ✎ By Wayne K. Spear We live in a consumer society. We may not choose to define ourselves as “consumers,” and we may dislike the label, but we all are consumers. Consumption is… Read More ›
Right Questions, Right Order
Building a business one question at a time. ✎ By Wayne K. Spear
Workplace Moves
What are your workplace options? It’s time to check, mate. ✎ By Wayne K. Spear In my consulting work, I meet people who are unsatisfied in their workplace role. They like their organization, and want to stay in it, but… Read More ›
Today is the luckiest day of the year
Go ahead, make your day. ✎ By Wayne K. Spear Graphic courtesy of zeevveez on Flickr Yesterday my mother sent me an email with the subject heading “tomorrow is the luckiest day of the year….” That means today is your… Read More ›
