The third decade of the century is here, together with a myriad of challenges that center on truth and trust. In this third decade, the ultimate success of public relations and marketing professionals often hinges on achieving two difficult tasks: presenting an actionable reason to believe and validating...Read More
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How much and how fast are things changing in PR and marketing? New trends and preferences, many enabled and empowered by technology, are shifting at an astonishing pace, elevating customer expectations and demolishing old ways to reach target markets and audiences. A quick thought in review: successful...Read More
In 2020, technology and other issues will continue to impact – even disrupt – executive leadership and healthcare delivery on a major scale. (Not in healthcare? Read on – many of these trends are also agnostic to industry parameters). The Continued Rise of Technology Enabled Consumerism Healthcare...Read More
Feel better. Receive a multitude of benefits. Rewire your brain. And advance your career. Believe it or not, science and empirical research has associated all of these outcomes with the regular expression of gratitude. After Thanksgiving, then what? Yes, it is the Thanksgiving season, and this is when...Read More
The young teen was positioning a fishing pot for his father, swimming on a beautiful California morning some 200 yards from the Encinitas beach. Suddenly, without warning, a 2,400 pound nightmare slammed into the 13-year-old, nearly engulfing his chest in its huge powerful teeth-lined mouth. It was...Read More
What’s the future of healthcare, particularly in rural areas? “What we see is that every hospital, every clinic, every vertical healthcare practice actually represents a technology company,” said MEK’s managing principal Michael Snyder. “You will see those emerging innovative solutions...Read More
The magnitude of Boeing’s global crisis was so widespread that it even rattled the Dow Jones Industrial Average. In the wake of rising anxiety over the deadly crashes of two Boeing 737 Max aircraft and an initial stoic Boeing response, falling Boeing shares brought down the influential 30-stock index...Read More
Profitability shifts. Tightening margins. Workforce issues. Scaling challenges. All these and more drive companies and organizations to consider significant changes – sometimes complete transformation – of processes and operations. A serious fact? Many of these change initiatives and transformation...Read More



