If the Edward Tufte course Presenting Data and Information were a rock concert, I'd imagine the review would read something like this, "Greatest Hits Shine While New Material Mostly Misses". And in many ways, Tufte's 1 day event is more concert than course. Or maybe...

I'm lucky enough to be sitting on a tropical beach in the Caribbean Sea as I celebrate 10 years in my Marketing Consulting and Thought Leadership Practice and yet another birthday while taking the time to sort out where my practice leads me next. I know these things...

Join my practice as a part-time business manager. Independent Contractor – Role Description  - This is a 1099 Independent Contractor Position About the job: KJR Associates seeks a part-time contractor to act as the business manager for its growing thought...

"Old Pro" - (n) Noun - 1) A bar in Palo Alto, as in "The Old Pro".  The Old Pro is a very popular sports bar currently housed on Ramona Street in the building that formerly was Ramona's Pizza.  The Old Pro has often hosted the royalty of Silicon Valley and was one of...

Open Source - (n) Noun - 1) A hypothetical business model that has made money exactly once (see RedHat) and is often bandied about as the next new thing.  Also, known as the last ditch effort to save a failing software company.  This is not to be confused with...

My work-life is great but getting a bit crazy, so I am looking for help to capture and take advantage of growing and new business opportunities. Opportunity #1 - Business Manager This is a genuinely unique part-time opportunity for a high energy, organized, and...

When should they mix, until now, I've said, "Never".  But I've changed my mind, here's why. It's been 6 days since Donald Trump has become the President-Elect of the United States of America.  In that time, I have lost sleep, worried about what this means to my...

Six years and a few weeks ago I published the post entitled, "McIntel, 4 Potentially Disruptive Outcomes"  at a now abandoned corner of cyberspace .  The occasion was Intel, my first Silicon valley employer from 1992-95, buying McAfee, my last employer from 2008-2009,...

In his haunting and inspiring book, "The Outpost - An Untold Story of American Valor", Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) tells the story of the brave soldiers who gave their lives and honor to defend Combat Outpost (COP) Keating in the remotest part of Afghanistan, near the...

(This post was originally written as a contribute piece for Nimsoft's Modern IT Blog, but I thought it would fit well here too - Enjoy) Much has been written here, and in many blogs, about Cloud Adoption. However, most of this has focused on the tangible and critical...

Andrew Chen's recent blog post entitled - Growth Hacker is the New VP of Marketing certainly got my attention and was one of the most intriguing post I've read in months.  Andrew essentially writes an obituary for Marketers, saying they are going the way of the...

(Ken's note Sept 2016 - This is an older blog, but a relevant one still) I recently finished my blog series on Bridging to SaaS Success, and I've been thinking a lot about one part of that framework, Mindset. I talked about the SaaS mindset, and said, "Mindset is made...