You Have a Game Tonight
I don’t sing. No karaoke. No drunken revery. “Happy birthday”? Nope. I’ll smile and mutter the words and let others sing out loud. Is it because I can’t sing? I don’t know. It’s not so…
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Face Front! Friday!
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week!Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? A little concerned about the weather forecast…
I don’t want to work with my friends
While we’re on the topic of team projects, an important thing to keep in mind is this: good friends aren’t always good teammates. Have you encountered this? I hope it didn’t cost you a friendship….
I’m the guy with the lunchbox
That’s me, the guy carrying a lunchbox from class to class. It’s not my lunch, though. It’s my stuff. My teaching stuff. Index cards. Crayons. Dry-erase markers and I hope an eraser. My own personal…
Face Front! Friday!
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week!Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? Today I am awash in a sea…
Marketing Chauvinism
Yesterday, I wrote about how my marketing chauvinism needed to be corrected. Just because I’ve been teaching marketing for almost 30 years doesn’t mean everybody agrees that marketing is the best thing ever, especially if…
How well do you know this very basic marketing stuff?
During my very first semester as a full-time marketing professor, my friend, an attorney, invited me to join him at a presentation related to his career. My friend’s work involves partnerships with architects and construction…
Face Front! Friday!
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week!Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? School starts next week and I’m happy….
Wabi Sabi
Wabi sabi is Japanese for “beautiful flaw.” What? Who likes to admit their shortcomings? Lots of people, if they’re humble, or self-deprecating or otherwise not so good at promoting their strengths. What if you take…
What about the stumps?
Creative solutions. You never know what’s going to happen, but you should also not allow yourself to be caught off guard. Have you heard of Speed Racer, the cartoon about a young race car driver and his family?…