Should the CEO be worried? (Part 1)

February 9th, 2010

Napoleon was a prototypical CEO, one could argue, and I am sure many people secretly see themselves as his modern counterpart. One of the things he used to do (it was said) was to go amongst his soldiers disguised as one of them, to hear their conversations and observe their morale. I, of course, cannot disguise myself (or … can I?), but I do try to spend time with my “troops,” and sometimes I … see things. I thought I’d share some of these with you in my new Series “Should the CEO be worried?”

Old School

January 28th, 2010

Let me start by saying, I’m With CoCo. To those of you who have been living in a bunker below Mount Whatthewhat for the past month, Conan O’Brien is no longer the host of The Tonight Show. To those of you who have been living in a bunker below Mount Whatthewhat for the past year, Jay Leno is still the host of The Tonight Show. I’m not here to breakdown the parties involved, as that has been done ad naseum.

However, I did want to take pause to recognize how Conan ended his reign as host of the most storied franchise in television.

How a fish became a girl...

January 26th, 2010

Taking risks is scary. Every day, we analyze costs, risks, time, potential success, and a host of other variables, to balance the analytical and the creative. But, every once and a while, you see things that seem so insane, you’re not sure how they got past the number crunchers and risk analysts.

For me, that’s the movie Ponyo.

No Headphones Thursday

January 22nd, 2010

Fun fact: I moved to Los Angeles from Chicago for a job that I couldn’t tell people about.

As you can imagine, I get asked about my job a lot. Most people are naturally curious. Family members just want to make sure I didn’t run off and join a cult. My tech-savvy friends are especially interested, hoping they get first dibs. No matter the person, I always answer with “I love my job.” And I do!

Tear Down Those Cubicles!

December 8th, 2009

There’s not a moment during the day that I don’t become a little stoked by the many impressive personalities that surround me here at Border Stylo.

Honestly, I don’t like to dwell on it much because then I begin to think I’m too boring. But then I remember that I’m a movie trailer junkie who listens to mariachi love-ballads from the 1940’s and 50’s.

Food For Thought

November 19th, 2009

LA is known for people making big statements, after all our malls look like theme parks, but that’s not where our quirkiness ends. There’s an interesting phenomenon in LA that some people love while others only hate (I’m a lover, not a hater), and this phenomenon is the ‘gourmet’ food truck.

Team Building 2.0

September 10th, 2009

With companies hopping on the “Web 2.0*” train these days for the marketing, recruiting and customer service needs, you’d think they’d apply that knowledge to their team building strategies.