Events have become a very different experience this year. From the way we create events, to the way we experience events,  And through all the change one thing remains essential — connection.  Connecting in a meaningful way to your audience. Not being together in a room is most certainly a dramatic shift in how we …

This post is about the four stories every leader must communicate within the organization to create a truly amazing culture that will lead to results for the business. Given the current pandemic and the distributed workforce, sharing these stories are of the utmost importance to your people. I have the tendency to write too many …

Throughout my career, I’ve had the opportunity to conduct hundreds of face-to-face interviews for clients – from students to CEOs, politicians to priests, and numerous more in between. But, over the last few weeks, I conducted my first (and then subsequently 26 more) interviews via videoconference, necessitated by COVID-19, for the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s upcoming …

In our rush to get back to normal or create some new normal. Let’s not rush through the opportunity. In 2004, then Stanford economist Paul Romer made the statement  “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” He was referring to the crisis American higher education was and still is facing but those words mean …

We’ve all heard the quote from Peter Drucker: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” It’s not that simple. It’s more like culture is the kitchen that your breakfast is prepared in, the grocery store where your food is purchased, the table your breakfast is served on, the plate that you eat from, and the utensils you …

Employer branding is a really hot topic. Most importantly, because it’s a buyer market, right now, there are more open jobs in the U.S. then there are Americans unemployed. Because of this, companies are actively marketing jobs to candidates. Or is it really consumers? Because that’s how job seekers are looking for new occupations now, versus being …

We partner with the Pittsburgh Technology Council for their annual CIO of the Year awards. This year we transformed their office space into a video capture studio to create all of the various video elements for the live production. The theme for the 2019 CIO of the Year Awards was Technology Illuminated. This was a …

Our 2018 animation began as a holiday card featuring our familiar company snowman. But, there must have been some magic in that old silk hat, because when we placed it on his head he began to dance around! We decided to bring the print design to life. Since I built the scene in Cinema 4D, …

We don’t have a blog to brag or to drive traffic. We have this blog to communicate the larger visions we have for our company, ourselves, & our work. It’s also a way to show the tactical steps we take with your work. We’re a bit nerdy sometimes and we get really into the details, …