Your Instincts Are Wrong: Leading Through the Crisis

Reading all the news and predictions—20% unemployment, millions dead, endless quarantine—how could one not think that now is the time to panic?

News, Leadership, FinancialTom GearyMarch 24, 2020business, consultant, email, profess, Clouseau, family, Pink Panther, coronavirus, panic, unemployment, China, Trump, politics, business advice, marketing, agency, failure, success, pandemic, crisis, communication, financial, financial crash, leadership, thought, thought leadershipComment

Send in the Drones

We spent the afternoon at the College of San Mateo, grabbing some aerial shots of the campus for an upcoming campaign. We got some nice snaps of the grounds and also learned a few things about the college while we were there.

News, CultureAshley VillarrealSeptember 27, 2018drone, photography, professional, work, city, San Mateo, college, campus, university, school, thought, agency, video, film, production, outdoors, field, center, fly, pilot, camera, shot, aerial, good, best, top, Bay Comment

Pick Up The Phone

On average, email takes up roughly 23 percent of an employees workday. For every email they receive, it takes them about 16 minutes to refocus after receiving an email. That's while already receiving an average of 304 weekly business emails.

Culture, AdvertisingMike OsgoodJune 18, 2018account, agency, average, best, bond, business, cell, client, computer, connection, contact, creative, desk, email, employee, engagement, feedback, future, media, meeting, mission, office, opinion, partner, phone, project, relationship, school, small, speaking, strategy, talk, team, thought, top, weekly

The census should be this interesting (Hmmmm).

Trade shows are a fact of life. I can’t count the number I’ve attended. No matter the industry, it seems like a virtual certainty that booth traffic is never quite as high as anybody would like.

Advertising, CultureTom GearyJanuary 14, 2012active, arts, attendees, Black Swan, business, campaign, communication, contact, coverage, documentary, economist, engagement, exhibit, growth, hurricane, industry, information, local, market, marketing, press, professional, San Francisco, scale, school of thought, solution, sponsorship, thought, video

Oh, do we have thoughts