Here’s my new business model: I’m going to meet with venture capitalists wearing only a Speedo and a monocle and ask for a billion dollars. I don’t know…
George Santos is taking up more space in my head than he should. Elizabeth Holmes had the same effect on me a few years ago. I have a fascination with…
I’ve been following the murder trial of South Carolina lawyer, Alex Murdaugh, for a few reasons. The first is that I am riveted by true crime. The…
The Johnny Depp - Amber Heard defamation trial may be salacious, but it may also be something else: a bellwether. Individuals and businesses facing…
I like movies about journalism because I live these dramas and enjoy comparing what I see on the screen with what I’ve experienced. I just watched She…
One of my favorite mental parlor games is war-gaming what it would be like to have certain institutions and people as crisis management clients. I…
My friend directed me to a story in the New York Times about Elizabeth Koch, daughter of billionaire Charles Koch. After suffering considerable personal…
I feel like there has been an avalanche of books and articles about how wonderful apologies are, and I’ve taken to hate-reading them because of their…
Another poll was recently released on how the reputations of certain companies had slipped in the proverbial rankings. One of the companies named was…
A journalist friend following the controversy at Disney and the Florida education law asked me if I thought conservative parents would stop watching…
I told my colleagues that I didn’t want to go to another lunch meeting to get charismaed by another would-be Steve Jobs. Perhaps I’m getting old and…
When people find out I’m in the crisis management business, they tend to ask one question: Do the people and institutions that get in trouble admit they…