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older experienced people and transformational hires

July 28, 2010 - 11:07 pm

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So. In the past months I received two things that didn’t seem related but in my warped mind they did: 1.    Ralph Cutcher (a nice really smart guy) talked in his newsletter about helping companies hire more transformational people. Here is what he said: -          Transformational Players –During the last year, most of our assignments [...]

separate but one

July 28, 2010 - 11:06 pm

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“… be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.” Booker Washington Ok. I am going to take this awesome quote and talk about two things: business and personal. Business. Whenever anyone asks me about “integration” this is the quote I use. We talk so often [...]

the song: Compliments from Band of Horses

July 27, 2010 - 11:36 pm

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Okay. So this will complete my “bearded songs I suggest you listen to” week. Compliments from Band of Horses from their new cd Infinite Arms. While I have always liked their sound I also have thought their music has been a little uneven in listenability. But they have such a distinct sound if you like [...]

national program to support Childhood Curiosity

July 27, 2010 - 11:35 pm

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So I saw a TV commercial encouraging maintaining arts/music in schools curriculum the other day. I didn’t pay much attention to the details and I am not really a government program gwonk (whatever that is) but I assume someone in their infinite wisdom is cutting money supporting these things in schools. Well, in general, I [...]

addictive song: beg steal or borrow by ray lamontagne

July 27, 2010 - 2:02 am

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Ray Lamontagne is an acquired taste. He has a new cd coming out in mid august (that is not it to the left .. . that is an old good cd example).  I think this song, Beg Steal or Borrow,  is the pre-release for the cd. A lot of his other stuff gets a little [...]

shakespeare and self esteem

July 27, 2010 - 1:57 am

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“Be true to thineself.” Shakespeare I used this quote  in maybe one of my first 5 posts but since my friend Jen referenced it with regard to self esteem I thought I would bring it back and refresh it slightly with the whole self esteem discussion in mind (as well as my recent rant on [...]

new song: Light Outside by WAKEY!WAKEY!

July 26, 2010 - 9:39 am

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So. About the only thing I am a sucker for in songwriting, beyond a bass player who writes songs, is a keyboard singer/songwriter. This guy is a dynamic personality at the piano and isn’t afraid to wrap different instruments (violins and strings) to fill out a pretty frenetic writing style. Also has a wonderful habit [...]

a rant on ad agencies differentiation: part 1 the missed opportunities

July 25, 2010 - 11:58 pm

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So. I have managed advertising agencies, I have been business development director at agencies and I have talked with so many business owners about advertising agencies as well as search consultants (kind of like executive search people for businesses looking for agencies) that I think I have seen pretty much every angle any agency has [...]

a rant on ad agencies differentiation: part 2 the so-called proprietary process

July 25, 2010 - 11:54 pm

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A noted in part 1 I believe the core of any advertising agency differentiation is “it’s about the work.” But. Often the agency that is not instantly ‘knowable’ by its work immediately drops down into “our proprietary process” mode (which suggests .. “We can do as good a shit as those Crispin/JWT/GSDM/whomever folk because we [...]

public radio music surprise

July 25, 2010 - 2:54 pm

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It’s an 11 hour drive from San Francisco to Portland Oregon. You can listen to a lot of music and check out a boatload of crappy music stations. So when I wandered into the bottom end of the dial and the public radio station was ending a talk segment and moving into music I almost [...]