April 23, 2012 A Great Question

Getting to the crux of the matter with recruits that one interviews is always challenging.  You need to find out, as quickly as possible, their talent and character assets and liabilities. And your assessment has got to be right, because it is very costly when you are wrong.  (We have all occasionally been wrong.)
October 13, 2011 Challenging Censorship

September 24th through October 1st was “Banned Books Week,” an annual event during which hundreds of libraries and bookstores in the U.S. draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of banned and challenged books.
July 14, 2011 "Truthiness" on the Web

Following the death of Osama bin Laden, a Martin Luther King quote was everywhere on the internet:
February 14, 2011 The Authentic Twain

More proof of the power of words! And proof, too, that sometimes their value is so great — and historic — that to change them is a “constitutional violation.”
January 31, 2011 The Pope, Social Media + Communications in the Digital Age

When I saw recently in Boing Boing that Pope Benedict XVI had given his blessing to social networking, I have to admit, I was surprised.
January 28, 2011 The Essence of Business

 

Every now and then, situations arise among people in business that make me feel they’ve forgotten what they’re there for:
January 24, 2011 Are You Sure You Want to Reply?

Here’s a suggestion for Research In Motion (RIM), the folks who make Blackberry phones.
January 20, 2011 Internet: A Spark for Democracy?

As the Internet has revolutionized communications in business and so many other facets of life, it is also becoming one of the greatest democratizing forces of all time.
January 13, 2011 Information Overload and the Power of the Human Brain

There was a story last November inThe New York Times that said that the lure of devices like cell phones, PDAs and computers may be creating “a generation of kids …
January 10, 2011 Cathay Pacific: A Communications Report Card

Note: My assessments in this blog are based on facts reported to me by a Makovsky employee who took flight #888 from Vancouver to New York City.