Jews and Social Media: Aligned values reinforce an Authentic strategy

September 21, 2009

Tweet Can your organization’s core values make it easier for you to extend yourselves onto social media effectively? For some organizations, absolutely yes. Consider the opportunity for one Jewish organization as it considers its social media strategy. Last week I had the chance to work with a group of non-profit Jewish professionals in charge of […]

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Burned by Inauthenticity

September 14, 2009

Tweet I had almost forgotten the details of our family’s bad experience with a national espresso chain after my daughter was burned by a grande hot tea on her way to the Big Apple Circus. Then I saw this article about a toddler being burned by a hot hash brown at Dunkin Donuts, and my […]

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Response to 9/11 Tragedy Revealed Business Schools’ Values

September 11, 2009

Tweet You will read many stories today recounting the heroism and the losses experienced eight years ago. We know now how many individuals and organizations rose up to help victims of the WTC & Pentagon attacks, and how individually and collectively  our responses to the 9/11 tragedy revealed important goodness deep within us. Every year […]

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5 Blogs Every MBA Student Should Be Reading

September 8, 2009

Tweet Every MBA student is pressed for time. Balancing demanding priorities, like classes, learning teams, job hunting, and family, while also getting some sleep, leaves little time for cruising the web looking for insightful posts. Lucky for you all, I can recommend 5 terrific blogs that can help you link what you’re learning in your […]

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The 10 Day Boycott: A S.M.A.R.T. response to Whole Foods’ CEO Mackey

August 27, 2009

Tweet Boycotts don’t work. Boycotts rarely, if ever, achieve the goal(s) set out for them, in large part because boycott organizers lack clear goals for what response the boycott is supposed to trigger and especially for what the boycotting action has to demonstrate in order to be seen as “successful”. So I’ve got a proposal, […]

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The Two-Faced CEO: Citizen or Whole Foods Shareholder?

August 24, 2009

Tweet In today’s transparent and political economy, the two-faced CEO can’t catch a break. When he acts as a Citizen, he might damage his organization’s reputation. When he acts as a Shareholder, he  might limit his own participation in our political conversation.  Neither option is good.  What’s a CEO to do? The broohaa over the […]

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Who is advising the NY Jets Management?

August 19, 2009

Tweet Whoever it is, they are doing a good job! I’m not talking about rosters, game strategies or coaching assignments– I’m talking about using a deep understanding of how to support your whole organization in moving towards a goal. Last fall, I posted about the Jets’ new training facility, and how it was designed explicitly […]

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The Daily Show’s John Oliver investigates the MBA Ethics Oath

August 18, 2009

Tweet If’ you’re behind on your TIVO after a busy weekend recovering from the AOM, here’s a tidbit of modern business culture, care of The Daily Show. It’s a bit vlugar, but no more so than the ethics violations we’ve seen just this year…. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / […]

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Can Walmart Earn the Girl Scouts’ Good Citizenship Award?

August 14, 2009

Tweet You don’t earn a merit badge for Good Citizenship by picking on the Girl Scouts. But what if Wal-mart wanted to? Commenters here and on other blogs that picked up my story that Wal-mart has chosen to compete with the Girl Scouts by knocking off the Girls Scouts’ two most popular cookies have criticized […]

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Thin Mint-y Gate: Wal-mart’s Socia Media Opportunity

August 8, 2009

Tweet Where is Wal-mart’s social media outreach? This ongoing experience with “Thin Mint-y Gate” is raising a bunch of questions, for the audiences reading and commenting on blogs, for the Girl Scouts and their community, and for me as a blogger & management scholar. I hope I’ll get a chance to address some of these […]

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