Posts Tagged ‘ Chaos ’

Can’t listen to the news without getting pissed off.

I have been taking it from all sides, knee and elbow pad style of late (hence the lack of posts), but I do manage to catch snippets of NPR each morning and all I can say is that I can’t stand it. I can’t believe what an incredible $hit $h*w British Petroleum is putting on [ READ MORE ]

Inflection point: Internet Ad revenue outpaces traditional media spend

Without much fanfare the New York Times reported that Internet advertising spending for the first time in history was greater than their traditional media counterparts.  That’s not surprising as marketers continue to channel ad dollars to the web. What is going to happen to traditional print media (how about the Pulitzer that was just awarded)? [ READ MORE ]

3D – I’ll bring over my glasses

3D continues to be a hot topic on SOTB.  Why? Because it has all the right ingredients to be totally stuck. Until 3DTV’s don’t need glasses it’s just too much of a hassle to have your friends and family over. Here’s a great quote from the NY Times The glasses go for a premium — around $150 [ READ MORE ]

Hey, are we screwed? Jack just called in Dead?

No one wants to keel over dead at the office — no one. And lots of folks joke about it, but for real,  someone I know really well just had to go through this with one of their employees. Here’s the story. A big important meeting, lots of hands on deck and ‘Jack’ isn’t in the room, [ READ MORE ]

Do you know Hyperion?

I was chatting with a prospective client recently about a potential engagement.  We were talking about a project and what was going well and what wasn’t.  We talked about approach and how to solve the big hairy issues and the process of making tough decisions to launch this thing on-time and on-budget.  Sounds good up [ READ MORE ]

I’m $$$ Tired, You?

MediaPost had an interesting article on about donation fatigue that I thought immediately about when the Chile earthquake happened.  Clearly, the American people got over the scams and figured out that ‘Text HAITI to 50555′ was a good idea (to the tune of $38M). But now what? A natural disaster that was much more powerful, although [ READ MORE ]

Stuck with a Capital ‘F’

I’m not even sure this is fair, its such a layup, but talk about stuck. What the heck is going on over there at NBC ? I mean, what a cluster — and just mistake after course correcting mistake.  It seems that NBC has taken a great brand (The Tonight Show), some great talent and managed [ READ MORE ]

Thriving on Chaos

If you haven’t read the classic Tom Peters book Thriving on Chaos, you should.  It outlines the demise of businesses based on the organizational management superstructure.  It’s all about being nimble and outlines strategies to help companies embrace the notion of being chaotic. Of course, this is nothing new now: we all strive to create [ READ MORE ]