On February 27th, 2023, my Father, Frank Furlong, lost his battle with cancer. I wrote this post four days prior to his passing. In many ways, he was the inspiration for Tech Vs. Humans. Be Creative. Be Humane. Make up a few words (Sproodle Juice, anyone?). Have a laugh with a friend or someone…
Sometimes we need permission to do something outside our routine. To take a jump. To be uncomfortable. I’m very much like that. I don’t need permission to do what I always do. But I do somehow, and for some reason, need permission to push my boundaries. I’m not sure why this happens. But one thing…
You are a Global Marketing Organization in disarray. The Agency spend is out of control, and the metrics to determine success are entirely missing (not to mention the off-brand work being done globally for totally understandable reasons) – so what do you do? First, you bring in a Tier 1 (like McKinsey) or Tier…
Conference season is upon us. And you’re probably debating whether you have time to go to one in your busy work week. Well, some interesting data came from Shawn Achor’s book, The Happiness Advantage, which suggests that you probably should. Go – that is. In his book, he referenced a study of 2,600 working women who…
They arrive at work, a cup of coffee in hand, and try to log into their authentication screen (navigating some bot-generated hoops) to get started. Perhaps they forgot their password. Once through the authentication matrix, they hop on a Zoom call. In that call, they try to decipher what is not being said. Or…
If you’ve ever implemented software – you are likely very familiar with Murphy’s Law – what can go wrong, will go wrong. When faced with Murphy’s Law in an implementation, it’s very easy to get lodged into one way of thinking while the solution may be obvious to someone else. See the below video….
The other day I lost my keys and asked my daughter to help me look for them. However, her idea of “looking” was to stand in one place and occasionally turn her head. That was looking. If I were to represent what she surveyed in her “looking visually,” it would be comical. The best…
There are a million ways to stop change from happening. But one surefire way to do it is to say, “I can’t do it until I have it all figured out.” That way, because no one has figured it all out – you don’t have to do a single thing. Well, maybe Ryan Reynolds…