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Three ways a creative mind can help you communicate
I spent some time with Nicole today, one of my favorite designers in the universe. It reminded me why I (all of us) need to be surrounded by the creative mind more. I’ve written about this before, but...
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Remarkable, thy hair is red
A remarkable person has just landed a guest columnist gig with Entrepreneur Magazine. Erika Napolefuckintano. The Readhead. I say Entrepreneur is lucky to have her. For anyone who’s attended one of my...
View ArticleProud to be an animal
If you aren’t familiar with Please Feed The Animals, you probably should be. Erik Proulx started it to create a space for laid off advertising professionals to reinvent themselves in what turned out to...
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The ROI of MOM
My second guest blog post is up on Please Feed The Animals. It’s about building social capital – an outcome of effective leadership more than effective social media tactics. And it includes a small...
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How artists can make the rest of the world listen
We need to listen to artists. If you’re an artist this isn’t news. But it is, apparently, a fully baffling notion to the non-art world. It’s clear that the non-art world needs artists more than artists...
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There’s a shot of a very cute dog in this post.
I just moved in to a new office. I’m renting an office in a larger space rented by a web design firm (Cirro… check them out). The space is in the Freight building on the Taxi campus. Straight out of...
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No more. No less.
Last year, I busted out a few guest posts for the blog Please Feed The Animals. When I asked Erik Proulx (the curator of the place turned film director and inspiration for me and countless others to...
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Extraordinary expectations. Or none at all. Whatever.
So do not care. I play percussion for a South Asian dance troupe. Many of the dancers are young women with such high energy and expressions of optimism and glee that it’s as if their life is...
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Practice helps understand influence
To the creative process, practice is critical. I’ve long been intrigued by the notion that artists (like athletes) spend 95% percent of their time practicing to execute well in the remaining 5% of...
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Getting over ourselves
Thinking beyond yourself when you’re a teenager is as difficult as understanding #talklikeyourbestfriend as an adult. Relationships were limited because we weren’t chemically capable of thinking beyond...
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Speaking at CBCA’s Leadership Arts
The Colorado Business Committee for the Arts is a terrific organization in here in Denver. They’re a true advocate for the creative industry as an economic power in our society. They’re the ones that...
View ArticleStorytelling the AT way
I had a terrific time working with The Colorado Medical Society this past May. The President of the CMS had a great idea to interweave storytelling techniques for leaders throughout the entire...
View ArticleA Rhythm Runs Through It
There are certain African ethnic groups that believe when you’re sick, your body is out of rhythm. And all it takes to get better is a slow steady beat by your bedside. This is a reality drummers can...
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Great brands happen between the eighth notes
AT school with the Marcus Roberts Trio*. This is a long post. But if you’re in the mood for talking a little music and getting some groove and swing up in in your approach to branding, then I...
View ArticleThere is no lemonade
I guest blogged on the website Please Feed The Animals this week. It’s worth clicking over for no other reason than to check out Erik Proulx and his work in inspiring people to turn lemons into...
View ArticleBox thinking
It was my pleasure to write a guest post for a fairly new and very cool blog called Sundayed.com. You can check out my post here. The post is a reflection of my ongoing interest in bridging the left...
View ArticleOnce more, the personal brand thing
I’m guest blog posting again. This time with The Redhead, Erika Napoletano. One of my favorite people on the social web because she’s herself to the end. Without apologies. Love her style or hate it,...
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Good branding is a croc
Every now and then we’re reminded that the Niwot, Colorado-based fashion company Crocs is about to die. On their last legs in 2009, a failed brand 2010. This comes around every now and then for Crocs....
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Is that a little idea in your pocket?
Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and the age of the great epics is past. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton Jim Collins or Seth...
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Apologizing when you’re Groupon, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, or Married
If you feel like you need to apologize more in your life, here are three suggestions. 1) Hold a public office 2) Run a Super Bowl ad 3) Get married I’ve never held a public office and I’ve never run a...
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