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Why Do We Abandon Our Own Proven Skills? Leveraging Your Personality for Effective Communication

by Ken | Jun 27, 2014 | Communication Consulting, Tools for Success, Useful Anecdotes

Any executive who works for a company, or owns their own business, has some serious skills. And even though jobs might be similar, each person is one-of-a-kind. We go about our days using that unique combination of skills, experience, knowledge and perspective to...

The Meaning Gap, or Why We Started Message Glue

by Ken | Jun 27, 2014 | Communication Consulting, Tools for Success, Useful Anecdotes

Before starting Message Glue, we worked as subcontractors to a lot of agencies and producers. After a while, a pattern emerged: we found we had different methods of fulfilling clients’ needs. This is not to say we think the folks who were kind enough to hire us were...

“I’m not from this planet” Why an external viewpoint is valuable

by Ken | Jun 4, 2014 | Communication Consulting, Tools for Success, Useful Anecdotes

One of my mentors in the communications business was an offbeat, creative idea man who had very little corporate experience. His background was music, but he excelled at big, visionary ideas for corporate events. He went on to own and later sell a very successful...

Preparation & Rehearsal; Why Presentations Are Like Scotch

by Ken | May 28, 2014 | Communication Consulting, Tools for Success, Useful Anecdotes

I recently discovered The Macallan. I’m late to the scotch whisky table, but still in all happy to be here. The Macallan 12 (aged 12 years) is smooth, silky and impressive. And, a bit pricey. In TV dramas (especially ones about lawyers), and you’ll often see Scotch...

HALO’s Crazy Marine & the Power of Being Invisible

by Ken | May 16, 2014 | Case Studies, Communication Consulting, Useful Anecdotes

I’ve been told by the folks at Bungie Studios that I have played more characters in HALO than anyone else on the planet*. I’ve been killed many times, only to be reborn into another character quickly thereafter. A few days ago I voiced 3 characters for their new game,...

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