The World Is Shifting At Lightspeed

April 2, 2020

I wrote a column for Business of Home this week responding to a question about whether a designer should lower her rates because all of her work now has to be digital. Of course, I said no.  Yes, in person meetings are better than digital today. But only because the digital muscle has not been […]

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Will You Be Able To Say No?

March 25, 2020

Of course, I am writing in the context of the world-altering (world-defining?) Coronavirus pandemic, but I am also writing for something bigger — a philosophy that I own.  Everything I do and have said for the past sixteen years of working in and with creative businesses has been about niche.  Talk to the smallest possible […]

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Proaction

March 19, 2020

There is a bright side to the Coronavirus.  Yes, I said it, there is a bright side.  Humanity does, in fact, exist.  The reality of CV is this — if you are under 60 and in decent health, the vast vast majority of the time it is a really really bad flu that you can […]

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We Are In It Now

March 11, 2020

Here we are with the world in free fall in response to the Coronavirus.  Massive postponements and/or cancellations of organized public gathering (or any gathering or travel in Italy’s case).  Incredible disruptions in the supply chain.  No travel to China and now Europe. Body blows to the global economy.  All in the last week.  There simply […]

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At The End Of The Day

March 4, 2020

At the end of the day, what matters? That you made a lot of money? That you changed someone’s life? That you beat out the competition? That you are famous? That you are respected? Loved, even? If the Coronavirus can teach us anything, it is that life is fragile and largely beyond our control.  Whether […]

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Assets

February 19, 2020

There is no definition for the single biggest asset that exists in any creative business — the creative force that lives between your ears.  And since there is no definition — how do you value it? Nurture it? Leverage it? If you jump over to any known asset in business, even if intellectual property, valuing, […]

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The Wisdom Of The Moment

February 12, 2020

Today, most of us live our lives in reaction.  Your phone buzzes and you are compelled to check.  Infinite tugs at our attention that asks us to chime in or at least to watch the show in front of us.  So little time to just sit and think and to actually own uncertainty. For creative […]

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What Will Tomorrow Bring?

February 5, 2020

You would have to be living under a rock in the United States to not realize that 2020 is going to be a whirlwind.  And let us not even talk about politics.  Nope, I am talking about 5G. Now many will say that it will take several years for equipment to manifest that will allow […]

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Cost vs. Investment

January 30, 2020

We spend money on necessities, we invest in meaning.  We expect necessities to function perfectly and breakdowns usually mean we will seek a substitute.  Meaning, on the other hand, is fraught with uncertainty.  We forgive those creating meaning provided they effectively get back up.  It is never the falling down that breaks the relationship, it […]

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Make One Decision

January 21, 2020

We are inundated with choice: what to watch, what to wear, what to eat, what to click on, etc.  Confronted with decisions big and small we reach for the familiar and the safe.  If we did it yesterday, there is great comfort in knowing that we can do it today. No, this is not a […]

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