Start with Why

Coaching As Activism

What if your coaching could be a potent, effective and inspiring form of activism? In asking this question, I am suggesting something to you that might be hard to hear: there’s a good chance that it’s currently not. Let me make my case: the coaching industry grew out of the personal growth industry and the […]

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a blog post in which I discuss why the whole economy is toxic, destructive and suicidal and yet… marketing is needed to fix things?

This is a different sort of blog than I usually write  because it’s not just about marketing. It’s about the context that marketing happens inside of. Namely, the economy. Of course, most of us have some very justifiable issues with marketing. Some of us wonder if even the whole ‘conscious marketing’ thing is bullshit. But those issues

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The Bigger Context

I almost died a month ago. And it showed me something important. When we are in crisis, the crisis becomes everything we see. It looms over us like a giant, blocking out the sun. And this makes dealing with the problem very hard. We become overwhelmed with not only the problem but our emotional reactions

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marketing from the heart manifesto

One of my clients, wrote me a beautiful email recently with her ‘manifesto’ about marketing. I was so inspired by it that I had to share it. It’s a beautiful example of starting with the ‘why’ and of a clear and compelling point of view. * Marketing From The Heart? by Mary Pellicer, MD? My

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caged hens in your bus stop

The Coop grocery chain put out a great ad at bus stops that educated it’s customers (and prospective customers) that it was doing a good thing. And it did it in a funny (but poignant) way that helped people relate to why they were doing it. I think a great indirect consequence of this kind

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your platform in a single page

Clarity is everything in marketing. A while ago I wrote a blog post about the importance of developing a clear platform. Your platform is what you’re known for. It’s another way of talking about ‘brand‘. It’s the heart of slow marketing (but also the basis of fast marketing). The challenge that I lay out in

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