“Be kind.” The small yard sign stood as a beacon near our MEK office. For some reason, it seemed like a very important call to action. In a short-tempered, polarized world bending under a mental health crisis, it offered actionable – and reasonable – advice. Civility today appears in some quarters...Read More
“If you don’t manage your reputation, someone else will.” Can a reputation – brand, corporate, personal – actually be managed and positively sculpted? Absolutely – especially when a proactive strategic initiative is based on fact. So then, what is reputation...Read More
How can you improve your city or region’s chances to stand out with key site selectors and relocation professionals? Incredibly competitive, thousands of high-energy and targeted efforts instantly materialize whenever a site search is made public. Right now, as you read this, relocation professionals...Read More
Should brands be strategically managed? Or should brands simply be an organic reflection of a company’s performance? Or do both come into play? An intriguing video “IBM on Brand” is making its way around the Internet. It’s a commendable 2:15 minutes of your time. Produced by long-time IBM brand...Read More
Near-blasphemous, anti-growth blather? Particularly when U.S. auto sales are peaking at a six year high and people are congratulating each other for a bull-like market? Well, I didn’t come up with this headline. It was recently penned by Alan Sloan, Fortune magazine’s senior editor-at-large for finance...Read More
