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Want to Get Big? Think Small. And Get Your Brutal On.

It's all about ability and execution. This is a challenge to be brutally honest, brutally direct and brutally focused on getting things done right.

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Reflections About Love And Life

A few months ago my nephew Diego and his fiancée Monica asked me to officiate their wedding. Here are the remarks I presented at their marriage ceremony on 6/21/19.

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Scott Brinker’s Marketing Technology Supergraphic 2016

The Marketing Technology Landscape 2016: A Call to Basics

Once again, Scott Brinker published his annual Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic for 2016. It's awesome but I wonder, have we finally reached the tipping point of mar-tech overload? Let's talk about the basics.

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The 2016 Open Technology for Life Workshop in Havana, Cuba

The Cuban Ministry of Higher Education announced it will host the first annual Open Technology Workshop to foster collaboration, learning and making.

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Christ’s Descent into Hell

Seven (Plus One) Suggestions for Software Success

Studies show that more often than not, software projects result in a proverbial descent into hell. Here are "7S+1" suggestions that might help.

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A Business is a Value an Engagement Delivery System

The old McKinsey notions about value delivery still matter. And the current discussions going on everywhere around customer experience certainly matter. But there’s one more thing we can layer on top of all that: let’s talk about customer engagement.

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Automation Is Not Enough

Creating Customer Engagement: Automation is Not Enough

During the economic downturn of 2008-09, demand generation became a critical business challenge and marketing automation arose to meet that need. Today’s challenge is different. Marketing Automation is no longer a competitive differentiator. Customer Engagement is.

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An Open Letter to New Grads

July 1, 2013

People often ask me, should I go to business school? Normally I get asked by people I just met, e.g. on airplanes, at conferences, etc. But lately I found myself getting asked by the sons and daughters of friends. What advice would I give them?

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