A new client asked me a good question today. “You talk Kay about helping us find our value promise, but my communications agency is totally focused on our brand platform. What’s what and why does it matter?”
The answer rests in understanding communication challenges.
The internal communication challenge
Employees need a shared and actionable aim that [...]

The President’s current political, foreign policy and domestic issues remind me of running a business in challenging times.
Never forget about customer experience and how markets change.
Our economy totally tanked. Yet the Obama administration and Congress marched forward into health care as if nothing was really different. A more moderate approach to health care [...]

Economics lacks meteorology’s scientific basis, although many economists make their money forecasting where the business cycle is headed (albeit with less success than weather channels). This economist has little faith in economic predictions today as they are based primarily on past trends and relationships, captured through rigorous econometric models. The depth of this recession, its [...]