I read a couple of articles this past week that got me thinking. Karlene Lukovitz wrote a provocative piece on MediaPost titled "Biggest Supply Chains Go Unaddressed." She points out that recent CMO Council research points out that most marketers who...

I attended a fascinating workshop as part of The Boston Chamber of Commerce's Executive Leadership Institute program last week. The event was held at MIT's Sloan School and it was led by Erik Brynjolfsson, Schussel Professor of Management and the...

Layaway plans. Christmas clubs. Just thinking about these outdated means of saving makes you feel like putting Elvis’ Blue Christmas on the turntable and gathering around the fondue pot. But in today’s economic environment the old is new again. Like...

Over the past two weeks I’ve attended two industry-specific marketing workshops that dove deeply into the topics of social media and social networking. The first was sponsored by the Massachusetts Hospital Association and the other by A.M. Best...

“Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself...