January 2008

An Authentic Response from Glamour Magazine

January 17, 2008

Tweet This past summer, a story about a Glamour magazine staffer who was giving a talk about ‘what to wear to work’ was making the rounds among feminists and fashionistas. During the staffer’s lunchtime talk at a law firm, she allegedly remarked that wearing an Afro at work was “a Glamour Don’t “. Those who […]

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Gilmore and Pine’s Authenticity Paradox

January 12, 2008

Tweet The authenticity paradox, as defined by James H. Gilmore and B. Joseph Pine II in their book “Authenticity: What consumers really want”, contains the following axioms: If you are authentic, you don’t have to say you’re authentic. If you say you’re authentic, then you’d better be authentic. It’s easier to be authentic, if you […]

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115 Million Cups of Comfort: Kozy Shack Pudding

January 11, 2008

Tweet Have you ever been asked, as part of a personal visioning exercise, to write your own obituary? To all of those MBA students and executives who had to do just that in my leadership classes, I officially apologize. While I understand the merits of imagining what your life could have been like as a […]

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