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Welcome back. You belong here. I’m into social media, from the MySpace days to yesterday’s Facebook and the current Twitter. I use my iPhone and TweetDeck to tweet and try to keep up with the latest apps out there. But I’m getting tired of the whole thing. Here’s why….It all seems fake to me. In […]

Welcome back. You belong here. The launch of our Communication, Innovation, Collaboration (CIC or KICK) team went amazing, now the real work begins. The four members of our team presented, and we debuted The Rack, our communication site. During our Q&A people asked three common questions: 1. Will this mean more meetings?2. How will this

Welcome back. You belong here. Perhaps part of the whole of being a father is being loved by a father(s). I lost my father almost 10 years ago, it seems like yesterday. In reality, I feel I lost my father countless times prior to that, not because he wasn’t around, but due to the war

Welcome back. You belong here. Over the last few months, I’ve been blogging here about Communication, Innovation, Collaboration. Our Communication Team has been preparing for the launch of this effort. Well, the time has come, next week we’re going LIVE. Our team is ready and eager to address some of the issues ahead of us.

Welcome back. You belong here. A couple of days ago I was at our boy’s K-graduation, very beautiful. It was outdoors, and behind the ampitheatre, were 5 or so posts, bare, with nothing on them. Guess what I said to myself “we need to communicate on those posts!” I imagined banners waving in the beautiful

Welcome back. You belong here. Watching Larry King tonight, I kept hearing “Be yourself, be true.” It fills me with confidence and motivates me to continue being myself. I just wished I had learned to by myself in my 20’s. In many ways, I feel I have spent 10-20 years being somebody else, someone safe

Welcome back. You belong here. I’m trying to refine my previous communication grid, but I can’t seem to find anything good online. This can’t be that difficult. I just need a simple communication diagram. This is a start…but it’s missing the OUTPUT and FEEDBACK loops. Have a great day. Into the future, davidT

Welcome back. You belong here. The wrap-up for the World Innovation Forum is here. I followed it online. My favorite speaker was Vijay Govindarajan. Have a great day. Into the future, davidT

Welcome back. You belong here. My Communication Grid. The circles are “communication balls” that get dropped. My job is to develop a culture that picks them up off the floor. Have a great day. Into the future, davidT

Welcome back. You belong here. Back at work, communication breakdowns in many places. I spoke to one of our producers today and she was pretty frustrated at the “lack of communication.” How many times have you heard that? Looking back at last week (I was off last week), the issue is nobody picked up the