What’s the #1 thing every founder needs to know? I’ll give you a few minutes to make a list — top of mind might include sales, marketing, technology, product management (especially product-market fit), technical skills, fundraising, team building, leadership, management, finance, and planning/executing strategic growth and scaling. Sure… but, sorry…

The ABCs of finding your way forward — True confession time: I am a founder of a brand experience consultancy dedicated to supporting founders and visionary brand leaders. …

If the economic climate is scuttling your confidence (understandable, as we are in a technical recession), don’t panic — let these immortal words from The Princess Bride’s Dread Pirate Roberts comfort you: “Life is pain… anyone who says it differently is selling something.” As marketers, we know this. If we…

We’re living through a time of significant disruption: social, economic, environmental, and for many of us, personal. And if we’ve learned anything from the turmoil, it’s that time is precious — it’s literally our most valuable asset. So, how do we protect that asset? First, we can get some inspiration…

It’s a whole new wand for your bag of tricks. — If life is a party, then AI is the hottest place to be right now for anyone involved with creative services, whether you’re a designer, an artist, an engineer, a researcher, a producer, an editor, or a product manager. I’m using a party analogy because dancing with AI is FUN…

As Founder of a digital consultancy, it’s my job to drive continuous improvement for everyone involved in our business, from my internal team and colleagues to clients and the customers they serve. I think about this mission all the time, even when I’m “off-duty” on evenings and weekends. And recently…

Times are tough, financially speaking, and if you read the headlines, they’re only going to get worse. I have two important words for us entrepreneurs and any self-employed person: Don’t panic. I say this for a few reasons: If you let your hardwired fight-flight-freeze-please defense mechanism hijack your common sense…

There’s a parable I love that speaks to the difference between a worker and a leader called “The Three Bricklayers.” Although there are a lot of different versions online, I like the one that has its roots in a true story: In 1666, much of London was leveled by The…

The dark side of “why”? — Recently I was in a meeting with a consulting client that went south quickly when the person leading it turned a collaborative conversation into an intimidating interrogation of their staff. All of a sudden, one of my favorite words — why? — was being used not as an invaluable tool…