I am much more of fox than hedgehog. No, I don’t blog every day, but it’s fair to say that I’m pretty prolific. On this site alone, you’ll find a boatload of posts on higher education, #WFH, Big Data, technology, platforms, communications, analytics, and other topics. They generally fall into the following buckets: insights, provocations, musings, predictions, and rants. I write more about big ideas than listicles and snackable content. Finally, I inject humor often into my posts and despise jargon. Click here to see an interactive word cloud and tree map of my posts’ tags.
The Vicious Cycle of Conference Mediocrity
Skimping on speaker expenses is a near surefire way to leave attendees wanting.
People Operations: Three Hard Truths
Actually doing something with data is infinitely more important than a department’s name.
The Data Wars Revisited
Companies are increasingly using data as swords and shields.
Donald Trump and the Beauty of Big Data
How data journalism can prove someone’s idiocy.
Recent Posts
Thoughts on a wide variety of tech- and data-related subjects.
When Partners Break Bad: Lessons from the ADP-Zenefits Fiasco
Think that this can’t happen to your company? Think again.
Celebrating Post Number 1,000
Reflecting on a milestone of sorts.
Message Not Received Audiobook Version Giveaway
A little contest to win a free audiobook.
Worth Magazine Message Not Received Feature
A nice one-pager on my new book.
Disruption Visualized
An amazing and interactive graphic on how things change.
Big Data: Necessitating New Partnerships in New Media
The trend is unmistakeable.
Partners Can’t Do It Alone: The Case for Removing Internal Obstacles
A few obstructionists in key places can derail even the most promising new tools, projects, and products.
Cross-Platform Data-Driven Mobile Blah Blah Blah
Do you understand what this company does? Me neither.
A Better Way to Vet Potential Partners, Part II
Don’t see a documented case study? Big red flag.
Audiobook Version of Message Not Received Is Now Available
My seventh book is now on Audible.
Jargon and the End of AOL
Surely there has to be a better, clearer way to announce this.