Jan 17, 2011
At the recent Counselors Academy excomm meeting, I had the pleasure to take part in an intimate roundtable discussion with Karen Dillon, editor of the Harvard Business Review. Karen was smart (as you’d imagine), open, candid and offered some thought-provoking...
Jan 14, 2011
This week I’m in New York for the Counselors Academy winter board – or excomm – meeting (that’s executive committee). I’ve said it many times, but Counselors is one the gems of the PR industry; where agency leaders get together and share...
Jan 10, 2011
I grew up in the family business: fabric and drapery stores in Winnipeg that my parents founded. To us the Fabric Centre was more than a retail operation, it was like another sibling and everyone in my family both lived with it and worked there. I started doing the...
Jan 7, 2011
… how to stock my office bar, tips on merging two firms in 72 hours, the importance of ice … OK, I’m a bit late to the series, but I got Mad Men seasons one and two as a Christmas gift and did a marathon viewing of all 26 episodes during the...
Jan 4, 2011
Yes, it’s that time of year when we come up with those life-alterning pronouncements that most people abandon pretty darn fast. That said, I read an interesting post by Gretchen Rubin on tips to help you keep your New Year’s Resolutions and it made me...
Jan 1, 2011
The holidays are almost over. And one of the things I enjoy the most is the extra time I have to enjoy a novel or two. The best fiction of course, like the best of anything, is subjective. It creates a world that speaks to you on a personal level and feels funny,...
Dec 24, 2010
A few years ago, I wrote an online ditty based on Clement Moore’s classic Christmas poem and I thought I’d update it a bit and share it with you again (with apologies to Mr. Moore). As we head into the holidays, I want to thank all of you for visiting,...
Dec 23, 2010
Guest post by Lindsay Peterson It’s the end of the year and yes – as Gini Dietrich said, I am a last-minute shopper (and proud of it). But not everyone is. Some people, like my colleague, Lindsay Peterson, actually think ahead! So… in the spirit of...
Dec 23, 2010
Well… for me a lot. For one thing, I’d never been personally involved in a merger before (or received spam M&A emails, for that matter). But a big idea, many conversations, much travel between Toronto and Montreal and a great deal of time spent...
Dec 2, 2010
I have received, but have never eaten Spam. I used to laugh at it hysterically when I watched the old Monty Python sketch. I thought it had the flavour of irony. All that changed with email, when it took on a more insidious taste. I remember the first time I got...
