OK, this is not another one of those sappy posts about how someone's entire business was transformed after reading a brilliant Seth Godin quote scratched into the wall at a Shell station. Although that would make quite an interesting collection of stories. [NOTE TO SELF: EXPLORE GODIN/CIRCLE K SYNERGY]. This is a different story entirely: [...]
Imagine you are in transition and just had a fantastic networking conversation with a recruiter. She described a new job opportunity that would be a great fit for your skills. But as you get up to leave, you do not give her your contact information, you do not offer her your resume (with all of [...]
Since March, I’ve been focusing on a variety of organizations that did some really amazing pivots during the first few months of the lockdown. There were some innovative actions companies took to keep their customers and stakeholders engaged, stay relevant, strengthen relationships, build loyalty, create new products, and maintain some level of revenue as the [...]
Over the past few weeks, we’ve looked at different for-profit companies that have found creative ways to pivot during this pandemic. This week, let’s look at a cool non-profit that’s had to rethink everything in the last 75 days: UpTurnships™. Quick Background: UpTurnships was founded in 2014 by a team of seasoned corporate professionals who [...]
In my continuing series on pivots and innovative actions by different companies during the pandemic, I want to spend this week talking about another industry entirely: higher education. Specifically, at a time when the largest university system in the USA has already canceled most of its in-person classes next fall, the “phased and modular” approach Luther [...]
