One of the most universally reviled Super Bowl commercials in recent years is not one that’s typically discussed. Sure, most of us spent too much time trying to get Puppy-Monkey-Baby out of our heads, but that’s not the
You know when books on tape became popular to commuters and travelers … still are for many. Well, podcasts allow a similar advantage to that. A podcast is all in the listening, you don’t have to worry about watching a sc
In the beginning, it hit the market with great promise. The Blue Apron meal kit delivery service was lauded by urban professionals who didn’t have time to get out to the store, busy moms who had other priorities, and sen
Rewritten and updated June 2026. Original 2017 perspective preserved; AI Communications layer added below. The original Lockheed Martin future-investment piece Despite the recent order of more F-35s, Lockheed Martin und
If you have to choose between quality and quantity, always choose “both.” The idea that you should have one or the other … or, indeed, that you should choose one over the other … is bad policy all the way around. You nee
Arby’s has struggled to gain ground in the cutthroat fast food game. McDonald’s is the big dog on the porch, but there are several others that all vie for the money of people who need cheap food fast. In most cases, Arby
The mid-year PR plan refresh — how to audit what's working, cut what isn't, and reset the second half of the year without blowing up the whole plan.
Originally published July 2017. Updated June 2026. The piece argued Instagram had already displaced Yelp, traditional food critics, and print review media as the dominant decision-driver for restaurant discovery. Fully
With the advent of digital music, many in the biz scoffed. Those iPod things were just a fad, another Steve Jobs gimmick that would fizzle out. They, as we all know, turned out to be very, very wrong. But now music has
Inc. Magazine recently named Rxbar a winner of its 2017 Design Award, meant to honor entrepreneurs who invoke great design to build their brands. Rxbar got the nod for package design, which, as it turns out, is a big shi
Cleveland’s Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame recently introduced a new exhibit that invites fans to learn what it feels like to be a star inducted into the Hall. The new exhibit, “Power of Rock,” comes with film clips, laser l
Originally published June 2017. Updated June 2026. The 2017 Memorial Day DUI arrest and the rehab disclosure that followed sit at the structural center of Tiger Woods' reputation arc. The original piece on this URL cove