Month: April 2011
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10 Fears Creative People Share – And How To Overcome Them
Myth: The world is divided into “creatives” and “non-creatives.” Fact: Everybody, everybody, everybody is creative in some form or fashion. Has nothing whatsoever to do with art. Deep down inside a person is a talent that at its core is not just mechanical repetition of what has gone before. But one generates a new kind…
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Internal Communications: An Essential Investment in Crisis Prevention
Who knows better what’s going on inside a home: The people actually living within its walls? Or the neighbors, friends, Facebook friends and LinkedIn contacts? The people living there, of course. Same goes for an organization: Is it the employees who are best-informed? Or the customers, the investors, the regulators and the media? There again…
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It’s About Learning to Try
I remember when I was five. We lived in a nice little house in New Jersey. I used to stand in the doorway by the back yard with my father and feed the birds. One day I came home from school and my mother dropped the “m-bomb”: “We are moving, pack your things.” I don’t…
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Who’s afraid of senior management? Internal communicators! (UK survey results)
According to research just released from the UK, fear of upsetting the leader stops communicators from generating good internal communication: “Internal communicators are most likely to pull back from what they believe to be the appropriate course of action because of problems with senior management.” More here or see summary results below. Survey title: “Fearless…
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Toward a 10-Step Project Management Framework for the Crisis-Addicted
Crises are so fun, aren’t they? They give us that little “high,” after all…but they are no way to live. Especially when you have to track numerous projects of varying kinds. I know there is a huge literature out there on project management, but for some reason it doesn’t seem to reach creative professionals all…
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Rethinking Project Management for Public Affairs
When the tech support team upgrades my copy of Adobe, I get a case number. If I call tech support and say my computer is freezing on the same call as I ask for the upgrade of Adobe, I get a different case number. This is not the way a government public affairs office works.…
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Why a Failure to Focus Will Cost You
“The promise you make is the promise that you must keep.” – The Brand Consultancy Keep your brand promise. Not a different promise. Not all promises. Just the promise you made. The business gurus all say it: · Peter Drucker – “Do first things first, and second things not at all.” · Jack Welch…
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