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Pitching your idea or story, and the 20 second rule

In a post I wrote about the gamification of warehouse management, I had made reference to the 20 second rule in terms of the framework for my interview with an industry executive. Whenever I do an...

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The million dollar napkin and other lessons from the dot com boom

We recently began sorting through the accumulated memories of a wide and varied collection of pictures, clothes and other such items upon which the ideal garage sale is built. In short, trying to...

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A House Divided: Are Women Really Their Own Worst Enemy?

I just read an article by Erica Ehm, who was the very first V-Jay for Much Music – for my American readers Much Music is the Canadian version of MTV. In writing about her early years with the music...

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Deliberate illiteracy and the Twitter effect?

Hagar the horrible was one of my favorite cartoon characters growing up. Of all the great strips that I read the one that has always stood out for me was when Hagar – an unapologetic barbarian –...

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5 signs that you are a true “Idea” person

I often recall with great amusement the scene from the movie Night Shift when Michael Keaton’s character Bill Blazejowski announces to his befuddled co-worker played by Henry Winkler, that he was “an...

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By “dumbing” down our schools curriculum are we actually hurting our children?

Are we dumbing down math and diluting the learning process by trying to make the curriculum fun? This year our daughter started to learn math using a methodology that is known as Tessellation. In...

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The Ultimate Sting: Is it time to bail on LinkedIn?

I have two blogs for which I write on a regular basis – my first one, which I started in May 2007, currently has 22,098 followers, while the second, which was launched in May 2013 for the European...

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Why are we so afraid of failure?

“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself” – Franklin D. Roosevelt I remember when I was about 8 or 9, my older brother told me that there was a monster in the main hall closet. He warned me that...

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#McD_Poison Update: Why did you turn down the money?

In our media interviews I had repeatedly made the statement that our approach to dealing with McDonald’s continuing refusal to unconditionally release the results of the test that would finally tell us...

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McDonald’s tainted shake petition update . . . not an accident?

We would like to thank everyone who has signed and shared our petition. With 1,737 signatures, we are well on our way to hitting our target of 2,500! Beyond the extensive media coverage that has just...

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An appeal to the employees, parents and acquaintances of McDonald’s in...

As you undoubtedly know by now, the story regarding our experience at the drive through last July 22nd has been picked-up by the media including the CBC, who yesterday aired our television interview...

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Conflicted Loyalties: The Richie Incognito/Jonathan Martin saga continues by...

The latest edition of the Richie Incognito/Jonathan Martin saga exposes a very interesting conflict for the players, in particular.  It goes something like this (and these are my words):  “To win...

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Breaking News! Watch for our new “A Year in the Life of an eProcurement...

Procurement Insights will be launching a special series of blog posts and corresponding radio/TV interviews tracking the progression of a start-up eProcurement software company over a 12 month period...

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The Future of You: Creating Your Enduring Brand Webinar on Udemy by Roz Usheroff

A step-by-step process for creating your enduring brand and your bigger future. According to Forbes Magazine developing your personal brand is no longer an option! But what is a personal brand? The...

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A mushroom, a fish and the true meaning of resilience

I was recently talking with a friend who shared an interesting story with me regarding a walk in the woods. Going through a difficult period in her life she recounted how she would seek solace from the...

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What do You, Michael Jordan and Donald Trump have in common . . . more than...

Being singularly focused and firmly committed to achieving success in a specific area relating to your Unique Ability has always been a sign of a true winner. When you look at champions in the world of...

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Being named one of Blog Talk Radio’s top hosts an unexpected honor

When I aired my first show on Blog Talk Radio back on March 26th, 2009 I would have never imagined that I would one day pass the 650 episode mark, let alone be selected as one of the Network’s Top 300...

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A quick overview of the keys to being a successful ghostwriter

Even though I have published more than 2,500 articles and blog posts over the years, as well as authored three books under my own name, I have derived the greatest level of personal satisfaction from...

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Why Are These Women The Real Women of 5 Alive . . .

This Friday at 7:30 PM EDT on Blog Talk Radio we will be airing the debut episode of The Real Women of 5 Alive. As the show’s overview indicates, The Real Women of 5 Alive is being heralded as The...

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Rocco Pendola misses the mark or, why does traditional media fail to grasp...

In his July 14th article If Major Networks Acted Like Netflix, We Would Call Them Frauds, Rocco Pendola rails at how Netflix has withheld viewership numbers as an indication that their claims that the...

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