by Marc H. Rudov | August 19, 2014 | Article
Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt, is not only a great baseball movie, it’s an extraordinary tutorial on management, a spellbinding story about Billy Beane, newly appointed GM of the Oakland Athletics, struggling to buck the traditional way of building and managing...
by Marc H. Rudov | August 15, 2014 | Article
Those from my generation can remember playing as children (we didn’t have video games, Facebook, Instagram, smartphones, or helicopter parents), when, suddenly, the familiar tune of the Mister Softee truck filled the air. No matter our location or activity, we...
by Marc H. Rudov | August 12, 2014 | Article
Robin Williams, who tragically died yesterday, was a branding icon: He epitomized “unique.” Some of your friends will claim a person or thing to be very unique or pretty unique. Impossible. Unique literally means one of a kind. Unique has a binary quality:...
by Marc H. Rudov | August 7, 2014 | Article
Woody Allen had a funny standup bit in the ’60s, in which he suspected his appliances of conspiring against him while he slept. We laughed at his neurotic scenario because it was impossible and idiotic. Technologists are now feverishly working to make it...
by Marc H. Rudov | August 1, 2014 | Article
Here’s the CEO distress signal I hear most frequently: My company doesn’t stand out from the competition. We’re just one of many, and it frustrates me. This is a CEO actually admitting to a weak brand, without knowing it. Generally speaking, a...
