I’m giving a presentation at this year’s Marketo Summit. The topic is how to give a great presentation. This creates a conundrum. If the presentation is not great, then the content will be considered suspect. How can one trust that the lessons are solid if the presentation wasn’t awesome? It certainly puts the pressure on.…
There is a phenomenon that happens when you have lots of customers using your product and you suddenly change it. They get mad. Facebook is a perfect example. Every time they change something, their user base erupts in turmoil and dissatisfaction. Then an interesting thing happens about 2-3 months later. They get used to it.…
In my lifetime so much has changed. In these changes, I have lost and I have gained. Some examples: Communication As a teenager, I would stay for hours on the phone with my girlfriend. (When I was lucky enough to have one!) The phone wasn’t a bother and the sound was crystal clear. I could…
Why do most cars lack character? They look like they have all been designed by the same person. All sedans look alike. All SUVs look alike. It’s a conspiracy to make us all into automatons. Good little soldiers in our little boxes going to work in our cubicles and staring at rectangle screens. Well, to be fair,…
We are interviewing for some VP positions and it has me thinking about one trait that I look for in a candidate, regardless of position. Does this person have a strong point of view? Not all leaders are managers and not all managers are leaders. However, leaders usually have a strong point of view, a…