The past few days I’ve been walking around the neighborhood looking for all the world like the Village Idiot. That’s what you think when you see a guy all by himself, holding his sides, tears of mirth rolling down his face, belly laughing to beat the band. Right? “There goes an idiot in my...

... that's how Western Michigan University president Edward Montgomery described it - a record-setting gift of $550 million, the largest private donation ever made to a public university. We called it "transformational" and were proud, delighted and honored to join the WMU client team and our...

The great Bob Thomas. My first boss, peerless teacher, second father, bestie. For the guy who ignited my career, I'm launching a microblog on Instagram (see lowandbhold) with BT as my inspiration, once again. Big end-of-the-month birthday for this legend!

Are you getting the most from your brand assets? Do you know what your brand assets are? Are those assets meaningful and valuable, or are they merely table stakes? The other day I was speaking with someone at what was once a fast-growing food company. Business has since stalled, in part because a...

  Turns out we can learn a thing or two from those cheeky Brits behind the Posh Cheddar and Pickle sandwich. But first, a confession. Back in those heady days when one actually worked in an office teaming with, well, what’s the word – teams – I was a proud Pret power user. Dead chuffed to be...