Live In The Time of Quarantine Unplanned Obsolescence Relevance is the outcome of choices and actions. I like to imagine that years from now I will be socializing with colleagues and, like old soldiers, we will recount stories from the darkest days of our careers way back in 2020. It’s taken a toll on everyone, in more ways than we can begin to […] Written by BPH December 18, 2020May 6, 2021
Thoughts from the Zeitgeist Baby Steps Our preferences aren’t as logical as we think. Marketers have long obsessed with building brand loyalty, but the foundation of that loyalty may not be as logical as we’d like to believe. A recent Fast Company article reported that the researchers at Johns Hopkins who studied a group of babies found that when they randomly […] Written by BPH November 13, 2020May 6, 2021
Early Lessons in Leadership When Empathy Trumps Authority Early lessons in leadership — #1. I’d love to tell you a story about myself as the child prodigy who led a fund drive to acquire new life-saving equipment — that I helped invent — to support the local children’s hospital. But for me, the path to leadership has been less Hollywood and more humbling. […] Written by BPH October 8, 2020October 23, 2020
Lessons In Leadership The Power of 3 The power of three is hardwired into our brains. From bedtime stories (The Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, etc.) to literary trilogies (Sophocles, Trollope, Tolkien), three seems the right number. Even the stories of world religions and folk mythology use some sort of trinity – from the Three Magi to the three Fates. Aesthetically, […] Written by BPH October 8, 2020October 26, 2020
Live In The Time of Quarantine A Labor of Love A salute to the people who get it done For more than 100 years, Americans and Canadians have celebrated Labor Day on the first Monday in September. The national holiday was born out of the struggle by ordinary men and women to organize around workers’ rights. It’s a day to honor the dignity of a […] Written by BPH September 3, 2020October 23, 2020
Lessons In Leadership Don’t Be Right — Be Effective Shouting never helps. Is it me, or is everybody getting a bit overwrought these days? Election rhetoric tends to cause a certain degree of national divisiveness, but this year it is compounded by the added stress of pandemic concerns, economic woes, and social justice issues. Everything seems to be subject to debate, even such former […] Written by BPH August 28, 2020October 23, 2020