Forbes, 2/13/2014 The Death of 'Spin' (Will It Kill The Future Of Public Relations?) Transparency and ethics are making a comeback! The manipulation of SEO (The Yellow Brick Road of Risperdal?)*, creates a greater demand for actual content and less spin. Spin is spun and as consumers...
AOL has issues beyond repair at this point. They want to consider setting fire to the place and starting over. Meet AOL's Digital Phrophet-yeah apparently it's really a job title. I have to imagine that his business cards all contain a hit of acid, it's...
Let's file this under news that will shock no one: Tim Armstrong, AOL's CEO, refused to answer questions at AOL's Conference for Women. Do we think the irony is lost on him? It does seem the fundamentals of management are lost on him, so we...
2.12.2014 It has taken me a long time (and hours of therapy) to realize that many of my relationships (both personally and professionally) involved sociopaths. These relationships started out on a foundation of lies and once those lies were exposed, I could no longer respect...
I recently, (last night)* wrote about the importance of having a good manager at work. Jordan Price, a now former app. designer for Apple: My immediate boss, who had a habit of making personal insults shrouded as jokes to anyone below him, started making direct and...
For those of you in the industry, the word 'Brag Book,' is usually met with understandable groans. And for those of you outside the industry, if there was ever any question as to why sales people are arrogant, well, we're required to show potential hiring...
The Janssen Pharmaceutical story may seem like a ‘Fairy Tale’ to some, but for many it was a nightmare. So far in this case study, it’s been ‘Follow the Fella Brick Road' Alex Gorsky Gary Pruden Until we complete the 'Trifecta of Terrific' with: Bridget Ross worked with Alex and...
Phew! I was really concerned over Will Smith today and really glad to see that AOL's Tim Armstrong was no where to be seen in their trending page. ...
According to today's article in ValleyWag, (the first to grab on to this story), AOL's CEO, Tim Armstrong, in hot water once again, it appears he previously had problems with water of a different kind: water breaking. In 2005, Armstrong was working as Google's VP of...
A company wouldn’t promote executives associated with one of the largest fines in US History, would they? And, certainly not more than once? So, yesterday we learned that companies may be changing wording to not have their crimes follow their companies or executives regarding Search...