Author: David

It’s easy to give advice. I think I find it easy to take advice too. But for me to heed the words that I say to others? Not so easy. So this one is for…

Consider where you are, in your career or in life. Can  you say: “if not for this, I wouldn’t be where I am now.” And, importantly, is your “this” a good thing or a bad…

Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of theweek! Just like I said last week, but more so: it is winteroutside. But something about less snow and above-zero temps makesme appreciate little changes. The…

While we’re on the topic of team projects, an important thing to keep in mind is this: good friends aren’t always good teammates. Have you encountered this? I hope it didn’t cost you a friendship….

Yesterday I wrote about the start of the new semester and some of the issues that arise with team projects. When I need to be involved in a team’s well-being, that often means that it’s…

The start of the new school year means new class projects, and in my class that almost always involving a client from the real world. You won’t convince me that a simulation or a case…

That’s me, the guy carrying a lunchbox from class to class. It’s not my lunch, though. It’s my stuff. My teaching stuff. Index cards. Crayons. Dry-erase markers and I hope an eraser.  My own personal…

Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of theweek! Wow, is it winter outside. More than a foot of snow coming up today, gale winds, andthen temps below zero next week. Stay safe and…

Yesterday, I wrote about how important it is to understand your audience, and how they may not know what you know… or at least as well as you know it. Then it is your responsibility…

Yesterday, I wrote about how my marketing chauvinism needed to be corrected. Just because I’ve been teaching marketing for almost 30 years doesn’t mean everybody agrees that marketing is the best thing ever. Especially if…