Business Communications
Absurd queries, corporate comms evolution “…the deadpan and gullible responses from major corporations, especially when read aloud, bring on fits of laughter.” The New York…
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Business communications constantly obsesses over the latest buzzwords and technological jargon. Here’s a novel idea. What if businesses cut through the noise, talking instead about…
The phrase 'thought leader' has become corporate jargon at its least compelling, often signaling more about someone's branding than their actual contributions. The phrase "thought…
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SOUTHWEST SPIRIT 2011 Future-Present Tense Mobile Lifestyles Are Ready to Accelerate In his 2002 thriller “Minority Report,” Steven Spielberg envisioned a future powered by fantastically…
Remembering Paul "Pableaux" Johnson one year after his death A winter storm arrived this weekend, a burst of arctic air and frozen rain that shut…
Indiana completes the single greatest turnaround in college football history and caps a perfect season in CFP title game thriller over Miami Fernando Mendoza leaps.…
The Hoosiers overwhelmed Alabama 38-3 in a Rose Bowl takeover The takeover started before I could even leave town. Standing at my AUS-LAX flight gate,…
*Before the Internet August 5, 1986, I dumped my belongings in the apartment at Wrightwood and headed to Ranalli's on Lincoln. The pizzeria's brick outdoor…
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McSweeney's, 12/22/2000 “Get me—I’m givin’ out wings!” — Nick the bartender “What’s the matter with him? I never saw Nick act like that.” — George…
The greatest turnaround in college football history continues After beating #1 Ohio State (12-1) in the Big Ten championship game, Indiana (13-0) has earned the…
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