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✦ July
#59 The Pressure Cooker
Hello, friends.
Does your strategic plan relieve or build pressure on your team?
An effective plan reduces decision-making pressure, sets
Archives, Notes, etc.
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✦ July
#58 The Top Choice
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One of my kids' favorite games to play in the car is "Would you rather?"
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✦ June
#57 The Big Now
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For the past few weeks, I've had a concept rolling around in my head. Here it
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✦ June
#56 The Mid-Year
Hello, friends.
How have you been? Personally, I'm a little surprised it's June already. The
last
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✦ May
#55 The Growth Dilemma
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A little over a week ago, we went live with a new Honestly website. I'm not
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✦ April
#54 The Positive Tension
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Let's talk about tension.
Not the negative kind, most often associated with rigidity or emotional strain,
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✦ April
#53 The Right Pace
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Let's talk about speed.
Almost every project we work on has a sense of urgency. This
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✦ March
#52 The First 10
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Not too long ago, I heard David Cummings from Atlanta's Tech Village speak about
how they
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✦ February
#51 Hear the Rhyme
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Have another short one for you this week. The other night, I attended an event
where the speaker,
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✦ February
#50 Mindset on Repeat
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I have a short message for you this week. It contains two concepts that haven't
left
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✦ January
#49 The Next 30 Days
Hello, friends.
Here we are at the end of January. It's already been four weeks since we kicked
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✦ January
#48: The First Responder
Hello, friends.
Let's jump right in.
One of the roles someone needs to play on a project team
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✦ January
#47: 2017 The Retrospective
Last year we discussed the importance of finishing projects strong
[https://medium.com/the-honestly-press/start-right-and-finish-strong-c9cd006b7ed5]
. Therefore, I’d like to
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✦ December
#46 The Future Is
Hello, friends.
Last week I attended a mini-conference where a "Futurist" spoke. He was
charismatic and excited about
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✦ November
#45 The [HOLD] Time
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On two separate occasions, I've heard talks focused on the "in between spaces"
of
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✦ November
#44 The Negative Result
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I have two things to share this edition. I hope they'll get you thinking as much
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✦ October
#43 The Credibility Factor
Hello, friends.
Thought I'd share a revised article with you that I wrote a few years ago. I
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✦ October
The art of repositioning
Few things in the world of marketing are tougher to concept and execute than repositioning a brand or product. Well-intentioned
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✦ September
#42 Learn & Advance
Hello, friends.
This time of year is when most business leaders are setting objectives and plans
for the following year.
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✦ September
#41 Like A Hurricane
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As many of you know, I am from a small coastal town in the outer banks of North
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✦ August
#40 The Reflection Summary
Hello, friends.
I'm coming off vacation today so this week's issue is brief.
This summer I
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✦ August
#39 The Question is Mighty
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One thing I've learned from the true pros in marketing, technology and design,
is the value
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✦ July
#38 Team Bake-off
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Thought I'd share with you a process we use to develop creative concepts for
clients. As
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✦ July
#37 The 1% Plan
Hello, friends.
If you've hung around here much, you probably know my relationship with golf is
a passionate
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✦ June
The cycle of importance
I learn as much from kids as I do from anyone. Their ability to simplify complex issues, ideas, and problems
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✦ June
#36 Collaborative Plumb Lines
Hello, friends.
In our creative services and product development practice, we talk a lot about
working together. We even launched
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✦ May
#35 Proceed with Caution
Hello, friends.
Here's a lesson I've learned in the last few weeks. It's simple,
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✦ April
#34 Two-Way Doors
Hello, friends.
Last week Jeff Bezos published his annual letter
[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000119312517120198/d373368dex991.
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✦ April
#33 Outcomes Over Deliverables
Hello, friends.
My apologies for not sending an edition of Notes from the Field last week. I was
under the
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✦ March
#32 The right strong
Hello, friends.
Since our last conversation, I've kicked off three new projects. Two were
digital product-related and the
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✦ February
#31 The simple kind
Hello, friends*.
A significant part of the work I do these days is focused around creating
simplicity. The kind of
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✦ February
#30 The six ten
Hello, friends.
Last week I spent two half-days in mastermind sessions with one of my key
collaborative partners. We spent