So said a former chairman of the BBC. I recently heard the phrase repeated by Monty Python co-founder John Cleese. If for some reason you don’t know who or what Monty Python is, they were a surreal humor group from which almost all humor in modern media is a...
What constitutes communication now that social media has consumed the world? @ mentioning someone on Twitter? Posting a link to a story about someone on Reddit? Connecting to someone on LinkedIn? Tagging someone in a post on Facebook? The last one of those constitutes...
So I’ve been giving some thought lately to “reputation management” in light of reputation dudebro trying to blackmail me. It was an ineffective and comical attempt, but still, it happened. I’m in a bit of a unique situation when something like...
“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Sir Winston Churchill As a new professional of any sort, you’re likely going to receive a...
It’s the beginning of a New Year. If you haven’t already blown your New Year’s resolutions, you might be waffling on them. One of the more common resolutions for professionals is to “build their network.” Building your network is...