Category Archive for 'Rant'

Tiger defies convention, successfully so

Regardless of what he is guilty or innocent of, Tiger Woods may very well be the only celebrity whose non-communications strategy will, in the end, prove successful.
Let me explain.
Scour the news about Tiger and second only to the TMZ and Us Magazine onslaught, is the popular consensus among those considering themselves PR or Communications experts, [...]

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Three years ago I wrote this post including the same graphic. The graphic is as meaningful to me today, if not more so, as it was then.
This post is not a speculative commentary about the recent news swirling around Tiger Woods. Instead, it’s a commentary – and a sad one at that – about the [...]

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One of the most famous lines boardroom CEOs like to quote, “failure is not an option” is taken from Ed Harris’ delivery in the 1995 film Apollo 13. Some even like to wear the little grey vest. Watch the scene here.
However, according to the 21 APEC leaders failure is apparently an option, if you commit to [...]

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CBC gives Labchuk the boot

Here’s what Camille Labchuk didn’t do. She didn’t wake up one day, and for kicks, try and cheat her way into a spot on CBC’s reality TV show Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister.
So why then, when the 24 year old aspiring lawyer was a shoo-in for next month’s political Boot Camp, did CBC instead [...]

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