Category: Communication

Did You Know Addresses Don’t Work the Same Way Everywhere?

It’s really cool to find out that I’ve been using a basic assumption that I didn’t even know was there. There are some things that are so fundamental to the way that people where we grow up think that we don’t even realize that certain basic assumptions have been made.  It is not until we [...]

Saturday January 30th, 2010 in Communication, Leadership, Other Fun Stuff | Comments Off

He Who Controls Images, Controls People

With all the recent buzz on the Internet and elsewhere about Google’s impending pull-out from China, much mention has been made of the censored content that Google.cn presents to users in China.  Control of information is fundamental to totalitarian control of people.  For that reason, Google.cn could not present, for example, images of the 1989 [...]

Monday January 18th, 2010 in Communication, News & Commentary | 1 Comment »

Do Event Planning Backwards Only If You’re the Gambling Type

When planning for a major event involving multiple parties and agencies, particularly when multiple specialties are involved, effective communication is absolutely critical.  Everyone needs to understand who’s in charge, where they will get information from, and who they will give information to.  You need to have a solid command, control and communication (C3) structure in [...]

Friday January 15th, 2010 in Communication, Emergency Management, Leadership, Systems + Processes | Comments Off

Brands Mean Less as We Get Older

Brands are an important part of the business world, and they’re important to us as consumers.  I wouldn’t be so presumptuous to say that brands don’t mean anything to me anymore, or that I am immune to their power and influence.  However, I have noticed that they don’t matter to me as much anymore.  I [...]

Wednesday January 13th, 2010 in Communication, News & Commentary | 2 Comments »

Another English Word Mauled by Politicians

Politicians and bureaucrats (including those in private industry) have latched on to the use of the word “ask” as a noun.  This perfectly good verb is being mauled every day into a noun where “a request” should be used.  Now, another English word is in peril, thanks to the politicians, their spinmasters, and speechwriters. As [...]

Wednesday January 6th, 2010 in Communication | Comments Off