Tag Archives | United States

To Be Grateful

By on November 24, 2011 in The Personal Story

It seems that no matter where we get in life, we’re always chasing something else, something more. We’re constantly trying to answer the question “What will make me happier?” The person who has no job wishes to have one. The person who has a job wishes to have a better title, better status. The person [...]

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Must-Read Weekend Reading

By on November 5, 2011 in Culture & Leadership

It’s Only A Crisis If You’re A King. A lot of people keeping using the word “crisis” to describe our macro economic, social, political changes. This essayist, Anand Giridharadas, whom I’ve written of before, has written a piece around this that captures an interpretation I believe in. ” [What we’re experiencing is a] shift in [...]

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The Revolution at Home

By on October 14, 2011 in Culture & Leadership

It might be taking things too far to say that what’s happening in the US is the same as what’s  happening internationally. In the recent uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain, Syria, and Jordan, people came together to demand freedom of voice, leadership they could believe in, and meaningful work. They wanted [...]

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Must-Read Weekend Reading …

By on September 10, 2011 in Uncategorized

Wall Street rewards New Product Lines “There’s tremendous pressure on companies, particularly publicly traded companies, to grow and grow. You see, for the most part shareholders don’t profit from steadily profitable business, but unexpected growth. Microsoft grew profit by 30% year over year, and the stock market said meh. For a company as successful as [...]

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Quotas / Women / Boards

By on September 2, 2011 in Culture & Leadership, The Personal Story

One might wonder why I would choose to write about an issue of women and board seats just after taking on a new role as a corporate director of a public company. So before you read this post I’ve just done over at Harvard (below), I want to take a minute to share my context. [...]

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“Lifing” the Summer Away

By on August 26, 2010 in The Personal Story

I killed my company to find my life. Yes, I led a multi-million dollar consulting company that I loved. I loved the CEOs and leaders I worked with. I loved the amazing companies and their technologies. I liked to imagine the next marketing making move and to put that into motion. I loved publishing the [...]

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Online Communities: Ignore at Your Peril (I)

By on October 23, 2008 in Featured, Social

In the strategy work I do with tech companies, I’m frequently asked about web communities — how they operate, what they can and can’t do, and how a company should look to work with them. The companies we deal with generally fall into three camps when it comes to community: –Many companies are still learning [...]

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10 Ways to Convince Others to Follow YOU!

By on May 7, 2006 in Culture & Leadership, Entrepreneurship

At a speech last month at a women’s exec group, one audience member asked “how do I build a business case so I get heard”. Great question. In my day job, I help execs form business cases all the time, on defining what products should get more marketing push, which business unit should get the [...]

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