This holiday season there is much for us to be thankful for and to celebrate across the Company: The successful launch of Windows 10; some of the coolest hardware on the planet such as Surface Book and Surface Pro 4; advancing perceptions of Microsoft as a Cloud leader; and continuing …more
Darth Vader Yule Log Five Hours: Cuddle up with your loved ones and bask in the warming glow of this five-hour Darth Vader yule log. Perfect for holiday parties. Also great for celebrating the destruction of a Death Star over the Forest MOON of Endor; defeating the Evil Empire; and …more
OK, this might be a bit Kool-Aidy … but ’tis the season and all! As part of a very cool training program called “Mission Possible 4.0”, my CVP Allison Watson had a gift for everyone who completes the Mission, which is a series of exercises designed to teach everyone in …more
What a year — two beautiful daughters, a successful wife, and a happy life. After 25 years, I finally became an American, and I’m writing this post from my favorite place in the world — Walt Disney World. Bing said it best when he said it in White Christmas to …more
Ah, my favorite thing about this time of year — Charlie Brown animated specials and the holidays, with home runs on Hallowe’en; Thanksgiving; and Christmas. How some last-minute rough animation and some great jazz from the Vince Guaraldi Trio became the symbol of the holidays … I’ll never understand … but …more
This is my first Thanksgiving as an American, and to celebrate I’d like to roll out a little American Thanksgiving history! Thanksgiving is actually a relatively modern holiday – and only an “official” holiday since 1941. In fact, although U.S. Presidents had declared a general day of thanksgiving to be …more
Continuing my “Great Thinkers” series on the Summer Lovin’ edition of The Wonderful World of Marketing, in this episode I talk about Archimedes … someone who definitely needs more online profile! Archimedes may be the greatest mathematician of *all time*; although he’s constantly dwarfed by Aristotle, who basically got *everything …more
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the “Modern Marketing Department”, especially in our exciting world of fast-exploding marketing technologies and the industry-wide conversion to services sales (versus license sales). Marketing is changing faster than any profession today; and many marketing teams are adding new capabilities, such as marketing automation; …more
#murica Final citizenship interview is now 19 days away — September 23 — and I’m going to post 5 questions a day …more
#murica How incredibly exciting! My lifelong dream of becoming an American is *about to come true*. Our final citizenship interview is 20 …more
What an amazing summer! To top it off, I got a chance to record a new set of “Summer Edition” Wonderful World …more
In May 2015 in Nashville, Sirius Decisions held their 2015 Summit themed Outperform: Strategies for Intelligent Growth, focused on effective ways to grow …more
GREAT ARTICLE by Nadim Hossain on “Why Marketing is Eating Sales”: Link We live in a mobile-first world where mobility references the …more
Over the last two years I’ve had the great fortune to get coaching from Dr Michael Gervais as part of the high-performance …more
Here’s an oldie but a goodie — David Ogilvy talking about the power of Direct Response versus general brand advertising. What he …more
I’m excited to be at WPC 2015, and I’m just about to head over to the room for today’s speech. The title …more
Hands down my favorite show on TV these days (with the … sniff … demise of Mad Men) is Halt and Catch …more
Catch my talk on Windows Apportals at #CONV15. My session is titled “CS15T043: Your experiences, reinvented with Windows Apportals: Discover how Apportals …more
Always be suggestion selling! Join me for: “Your experiences, reinvented with Windows Apportals” at Convergence 2015 on March 18 at 3:30PM, Georgia …more
Apportals rock! Join me for: “Your experiences, reinvented with Windows Apportals” at Convergence 2015 on March 18 at 3:30PM, Georgia World Congress …more
Smells like victory. Join me for: “Your experiences, reinvented with Windows Apportals” at Convergence 2015 on March 18 at 3:30PM, Georgia World …more
As a daily driver of the only mass-produced Irish car — the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 — I feel a special connection to …more
Oh my gosh, I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS!!! Here’s the global YouTube reveal of the Thunderbirds Are Go trailer, 24 hours …more
Catch my talk on Windows Apportals at #CONV15. My session is titled “CS15T043: Your experiences, reinvented with Windows Apportals: Discover how Apportals …more
This great article from McKinsey & Company title “The dawn of marketing’s new golden age” is a must read: Link It’s a …more
Wow oh wow, would I ever love to get my hands on this — it’s called “The Story of Disneyland — an …more
Check out this fantastic new promo video for Chick Flick the Musical, now on the Tubes of the InterWeb and tracking to …more
This is a really sweet piece of viral content from IKEA that plays nicely on a modern obsessions and simultaneously reinforces the …more
