Perhaps Marketing Is About To Transition To

Courage Doesn't Always Involve Physical Heroism In The Face Of Death. It Doesn't Always Require Giant Leaps Worthy Of Celebration. Sometimes, Courage Is The Willingness To Speak The Truth About What You See And To Own What You Say.

What Makes Someone An Artist? I Don't Think Is Has Anything To Do With A Paintbrush. There Are Painters Who Follow The Numbers, Or Paint Billboards, Or Work In A Small Village In China, Painting Reproductions. These Folks, While Swell People, Aren't Artists. On The Other Hand, Charlie Chaplin Was An Artist, Beyond A Doubt. So Is Jonathan Ive, Who Designed The Ipod. You Can Be An Artist Who Works With Oil Paints Or Marble, Sure. But There Are Artists Who Work With Numbers, Business Models, And Customer Conversations. Art Is About Intent And Communication, Not Substances.

We're Often In A Hurry To Finish. Or In A Hurry To Close A Sale. What Happens When We Adopt The Posture Of Being In A Hurry To Be Generous? With Resources Or Insight Or Access Or Kindness... It's An Interesting Sort Of Impatience.

...the Greatest Shortage In Our Society Is An Instinct To Produce. To Create Solutions And Hustle Them Out The Door. To Touch The Humanity Inside And Connect To The Humans In The Marketplace.

Leaders Have Followers, Managers Have Employees. Managers Make Widgets, Leaders Make Change.