May 2012
5 posts
Great visualization. A lot of ships sitting on the... →
May 21st
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May 3rd
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Plain Truth
The labor force is now at its smallest size since the 1980s when compared to the broader working age population.
May 3rd
April 2012
2 posts
Apr 8th
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Ad of the Day: Nike →
Apr 5th
“Groupon is essentially a sub-prime lender that does zero risk assessment.”
– Rocky Agrawal
Apr 1st
March 2012
6 posts
“FIs do need to be very concerned about openly engaging with the customers...”
– Brett King
Mar 28th
Are Private Banks Social Media Wallflowers?
According to recent research conducted by Scorpio Partnership, a consulting firm, and sponsored by Standard Chartered Private Bank and SEI Global Wealth Service, more than 40 percent of high-net-worth individuals younger than 50 viewed social media as an important channel for communicating with their banks. A survey on the social media activities of 50 leading private banks found that most had...
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February 2012
4 posts
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Feb 26th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 12th
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Dear Ad Agency: 91% of your clients think you're a...
Per the CMO Council, only 9% of senior marketers believe traditional ad agencies are doing a good job of evolving and extending their service capabilities in the digital age. From the CMO Council’s press release: “There’s an underlying level of frustration among senior corporate marketers worldwide when it comes to agency contributions to business value creation, strategic...
Feb 2nd
January 2012
5 posts
Jan 28th
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Jan 22nd
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Virginia is getting it done.  →
“in times of economic necessity, the role of government should be to focus on core functions — jobs, education, transportation, fixing the retirement system and running a more efficient government — and the governor has done that.”
Jan 15th
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December 2011
10 posts
Some people in financial services have a sense of...
By Art Cashin, UBS Financial Services Inc. ‘Tis two days yet to New Year but despite what you’re hopin’ The folks in the Board Room say “the full day we’re open” So we’ll buy and we’ll sell as the tape crawls along And though “Bubbly’s” verboten we may still sing a song Two Thousand Eleven looked good at the start But deadlocks in D.C. took things all apart We finished up with a rally ...
Dec 30th
My Favorite iPhone Apps of 2011
Instagram Simply fantastic and fun for any photographer. Try it with Instagrid. See… http://instagrid.me/bryclag/ Foursquare Easy to use and I love leaving tracks. Revised App is stronger and expect new features in 2012. CardMunch If you work LinkedIn like and do (and you should as well), this is a nice appliance app to use at events such as trade shows. Check it out. TuneIn Radio ...
Dec 30th
Scientific American Reader: Hydrogen in iPhone's... →
Dec 29th
“Fools say they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others’ experience.”
–  - Otto Van Bismarck
Dec 20th
This is really not me.
A Technofuturist: “characterized by an embrace of new technologies and delivery methods, irreverence toward traditional vehicles of culture, and an embrace of a spiritual Darwinism.”
Dec 18th
“Congratulations, Dear Yahoo you have been awarded a $600 million price, my uncle...”
– CNNMoney commenter InMiami, on a court awarding Yahoo $610 million in damages from Thai and Nigerian scammers who used the company’s logo in an email lottery hoax. (None of the defendants have responded to the complaint.)
Dec 12th
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Ice Cube Lays Down Architectural Wisdom →
Dec 11th
GOOD Lite: The Experiential Economy: Can Money Buy... →
Dec 9th
Dec 8th
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Simple Lessons Learned.
fakescience:
Dec 6th
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Dec 1st
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November 2011
6 posts
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Nov 29th
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Bargain Shopping Is Still "In"
 
Nov 23rd
1 tag
The Rise and Fall of Sony →
Sony failed to remain relevant in a changing environment. Think about it; with the advent of the Walkman, they owned portable music. But they became complacent and failed to recognize the digital shift and evolving consumer preferences. 
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October 2011
6 posts
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Oct 29th
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Oct 18th
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So Very Well Said
“The customer is no longer a passive recipient of information or a sidelined spectator. Today, customers are actively engaged in the buying process.” - excerpt from Marketing Profs 
Oct 18th
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2 Years Is A Long Time To Wait
From the WSJ this morning; “The U.S. housing market may begin to stabilize after another year or two as the mortgage finance industry works through oversupply from past building and the current foreclosure crisis”.  2 years? Economic stability in the US is too closely tied to residential and commercial real estate. Are we going to take a passive approach?
Oct 12th
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Oct 10th
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Mobile Will Dominate. Data at Core.
“People are not only using mobile to tweet, check in, and update status. They’re using it to download daily deals, access their networks’ brand and product recommendations and share their own insights. These behaviors begin to illustrate the irrevocable link that mobile has to how and what people buy — which is the real reason mobile is critical to marketers”....
Oct 2nd
September 2011
5 posts
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Market Disruption Is All Around Us.
The question is not if market disruption is coming. It is. In fact, it is here today. The real question is who will lead the charge and end up on top? Will retail bankers be able to innovate and keep consumers on their terms? Will smaller non-bank players find a way to fill the customer experience gap and create new relationships and marketshare? Some financial marketers and technologists will...
Sep 27th
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“Hard to believe 10 years have gone by. Let’s honor and give thanks to...”
Sep 11th
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Sep 9th
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Just Another Day Trying To Fly
6 AM The alarm goes off. 6: 30 I head to the airport. 7:30 I board an AirTran flight bound for NYC. 8:00 At departure time, pilot says we have a two hour delay, due to “weather”. 8:10 We are asked to deplane and remove our items. 8:17 I asked for a refund (and got it) because I was going to be at minimum 2 hours late, per AirTran. 8:40 As I departed the airport, TripIt sends me...
Sep 6th
August 2011
6 posts
Communication in a crisis offers comfort. Having a... →
Aug 31st