Walking into work after one long night with our newborn, I wondered, “which colleagues of mine have been up all night?” Why not communicate clearly enough so anyone who’s been
Walking into work after one long night with our newborn, I wondered, “which colleagues of mine have been up all night?” Why not communicate clearly enough so anyone who’s been
True information was leaked and damages your mission. Untrue information was leaked and damages your credibility, and your mission. You lose hours of the workweek on a simple supply purchase
Remember that scene in Elf when the Elf kept calling the little person an elf? For the little person it was extremely insulting. In fact, he kicked the shit out of
You already know we should carry a map. Can you use it? We’ve all had some land navigation training, right? A quick review: maps are graphic representations of the Earth,
Anyone ever tell you we can do whatever we want? We do. We used our Public Affairs “budget” (really, our organization’s budget) to build bus stop shelters because we could,
I carry a map. Everyone on my team does too. When someone mentions a place in Afghanistan, I want to understand where it is. I look at the terrain, reacquaint
We’re America. We say things we mean. We say things we can stand by in crisis. Can we afford to stake our credibility on the actions of people we cannot
I’d spent eight years in the Army before co-blogger Dave B. gave me this advice before a job interview. “Bring your personality.” This resonated, I guess because the military conditions
People want to do well. People don’t like to make mistakes. Mistakes are bad…except when you’re trying to get something done. This has been written about in business books, self
“You think that you’re too cool for school, but I have a newsflash for you Walter Cronkite … you aren’t.” – Derek Zoolander “We get it, dude. You’re the PAO.