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Communicate with Power®: June 2013
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Common sense ain't that common. 1t's been a very long time indeed since my last blog posting - must be the pace of our lives - but of course I have not stopped thinking. About writing a new post. Laura and I have travelled to New York, (twice), Vancouver, Toronto (many times), Peterborough, Boston (for my Kennedy School reunion - hard to believe it's been 30 years! And all points in between. It seems that between the thought. Of actually writing the blog post, there is a huge chasm of.procrastination!
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Communicate with Power®: October 2013
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What should the PM do? So what should the Prime Minister do? 1 "If you've broken the eggs, you should make an omelette.". 2 Won't this make the Tories look bad? 3 The PM should hold a news conference and clear the air. About what he knew and when he knew it. Personally, I'm confident that he has nothing to. 4 Is the damage to the PM fatal? 5 The PM needs to get back to his agenda - the economy.and fast. The Obama Administration's Struggles. The decision to get out there and communicate is essential to cr...
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Communicate with Power®: November 2013
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Why I remember JFK. November 22, 1963. To my generation, it was a terrible watershed in our lives. Those of us alive remember where we were and how we heard of the assassination of JFK. Could it really be 50 years ago? Why are we still talking about it all these decades later? Here are my memories and why his life - not just his death - matters to me. It struck me at times like that how determined she seemed to be to live a 'normal' life and she succeeded in doing so as much as possible. Our world has be...
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Communicate with Power®: October 2014
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Communicate with Power: 7 Days: Crisis, Risk, Politics and Scandal. Communicate with Power: 7 Days: Crisis, Risk, Politics and Scandal. Welcome back. The saying that "a week is a lifetime in politics" has never been more apt than these past 7 days. In that time, . Links to this post. 7 Days: Crisis, Risk, Politics and Scandal. What to make of it all? 5 'Crisis' Lessons that we learned from the terrible events in Ottawa:. 1 Identify in advance, and execute instantly, an Incident Command system. At 2 pm, t...
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Communicate with Power®: November 2012
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After a lengthy focus on the American Presidential race, it's time to turn one's attention to what's happening in the Great White North. The federal Liberal leadership race is well underway with something like 8 candidates seeking the g. Bronze prize. Let's take a look at the likely scenario of front-runner Justin Trudeau taking the mantle on April 6th, 2013 - the 45th anniversary of his father Pierre becoming Liberal leader - and automatically - the next Prime Minister of Canada. 2 He is from Quebec.
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Communicate with Power®: December 2013
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It's that time of year when we pay tribute to the Communications Disasters of 2013. The purpose is to recognize the people and the organizations who defied the odds, went beyond the merely expected and tarnished their brands. But hey, at least you can say. they did it their way! 1 Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse.it does! 2 Lululemon's customers just want him wrapped in his (over) stretched leotards and thrown to the wolves. Lululemon founder and Chair Chip Wilson. 8220;I’m sad, I...
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Communicate with Power®: October 2012
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12 Days to Go - What Will it Take to Win? It's been a hectic few weeks since our last posting. Trips to New York City (twice), Toronto (once) interspersed with a barrage of media interviews - most of them on the Presidential race - have kept Laura and me hopping. On one day, I found myself doing 11 radio interviews on CBC's drive-time shows across the country crammed into a three hour period. The subject was ' Presidential debate language. A few of them sprinkled in between. Let's hope not. The publi...
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Communicate with Power®: January 2015
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Time to clear the decks. Now that we are all rested and recovered from a bruising year, it's time to turn our attention to 2015 and what may be in the cards politically. This is the time of year when consultants, journalists and social media aficionados routinely make predictions about what the future holds. I am going to resist the temptation to forecast, as it's a mug's game, at best. In elections, that means the middle class, who are the big 'get'. It's the Economy, Stupid. He also needs to clear the ...
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Communicate with Power®: July 2014
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Politics at the movies. Coming soon.to a multiplex from hell.Politics at the Movies. Here we are at the mid-summer mark. As it has turned out to be a particularly tragedy-laced summer internationally - the shooting-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 17 in Ukraine; the explosive and deadly bombings and killings in Gaza; the strange and tragic crash of Air Algerie in Mali.and now an Ebola outbreak in West Africa! If one cares about the world, it's not exactly the hazy, lazy days of summer, is it? Now ther...
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Communicate with Power®: September 2013
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It's never too late to do the right thing. So much has gone on in the past two weeks since my last blog post - from the nightmare of Syria to the ongoing soap opera of some Canadian Senators to the terrible tragedy at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington DC, the news has been troubling to say the least. Costa Concordia - Righting the Ship. Syria and the Obama Administration. Five Key Lessons from Syria. 1 The U.S. President was conflicted in his roles. His initial instinct was to strike hard and fast as Assa...