Having spent two decades fighting the battle of corporate language from within at two huge organizations, I learned this: First, new language that is abnormal…
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I won’t take a ‘pick your brain’ meeting anymore unless these key points are first addressed.
You don’t have to be a fan of the Beatles to appreciate their brilliance. Over their relatively short career as the fab four from Liverpool,…
Debate is at the heart of a democracy. Discourse is what fuels growth in any organization. When our aim is to silence one another rather…
Debate is at the heart of a democracy. Discourse is what fuels growth in any organization. When our aim is to silence one another rather…
I received a Facebook message today from a friend. The first few lines read as follows: “Hi Dan, I’m not seeing much of the ‘real’…
May 3, 1915 was the day in which society’s (arguably) most famous wartime poem was written. John McCrae, author of In Flanders Fields, had witnessed…
Three years ago, I asked a couple of questions in this space about communications: Ask yourself this question. How many times during a given week…
While I haven’t yet read Daniel Pink’s — the other dp — latest literary offering, “To Sell Is Human” I can glean from the chapter…
I’ve never been a fan, but Louis C.K. is definitely on to something. Invest five minutes of your life and watch/listen to what he has…
I’m not a very political man. You may even call me apolitical. I always vote, but I often vote based on the issues versus being…
On the afternoon of Sunday, March 24, 2013 I sent a generic email to my entire LinkedIn network. Close to 1800 people received this email.…
