When I used to work as a producer, there was a phrase that many of my producing colleagues would use whether commenting on whether a show was a success or a flop: Nobody Knows Anything. The idea of that statement is that in entertainment you could be sure that you had the best show in […]
Misinterpreting Value Read More »
About 5 (ish) years ago I was invited to one of the first masterminds I had ever attended. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, this is usually a gathering of entrepreneurs in which everyone comes to the table with a problem and the group works in concert with each person to
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A few weeks back one of my readers sent me a link to a video on the Tube Of Yous of a guy named Chris Ramsay who has amassed millions of followers as a result of working on puzzles and recording it. The story goes that when the pandemic hit, he had a puzzle that
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This is a transcript from my “Story Slam” presentation for IDEO U. It’s an excerpt from my longer talk. I’ve wanted to give this talk for years! Actually, it’s been percolating since I first began teaching. I thought about all my favorite things and realized that I could use my love of Star Wars to teach
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When I was a kid I used to stay up late to watch the show Tales From The Crypt. For those of you who are unfamiliar, it was a series on cable hosted by a character named The Crypt Keeper who looked like a cross between Skeletor and David Spade in the movie Joe Dirt and
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The very first show I had my name on as a producer on Broadway was called The Scottsboro Boys. Those of you in the theatre may have heard of it, but many people will not know the show because it only ran for two months on Broadway and while almost every interview I have done has
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It’s been really interesting to watch how people are handling their brands during this particular time. I’ve watched some people act like nothing is happening at all and keep running ads for their latest freebie or checklist with no mention of what’s going on in the world. I’ve also seen some people create groups and
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