by Bruce Turkel | Apr 29, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
When I walked downstairs to grab my mail today Shelly told me that I had “won the mail sweepstakes.” Sure enough, my mail slot held the biggest pile on any of the shelves. “Of course,” Shelly added, “most of it is junk.” But hidden amongst all the trash were three...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 22, 2013 | Branding, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
In response to last week’s blog post How To Skin A Horse Of A Different Color, John Calia wrote, “A great modern day parable that explains the power of inductive reasoning. It’s McKinsey-level strategic thinking applied to everyday business and personal...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
The most exciting and profitable part of my business is often also the most frustrating — valuing our ideas. After all, clients don’t come to us because they want to be patrons of the arts. They call us up and hire us because they have a problem and they need to...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 29, 2013 | Branding, Keynote speaking
Sometimes you get exposed to a new viewpoint from a unique venue that you weren’t expecting. To that point, I’m sitting on a panel in a university auditorium listening to one of my fellow panelists talk about the subject of our conference. I’ve...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 26, 2012 | Branding, Marketing & Advertising
“The Dollar Auction game: a paradox in non-cooperative behavior and escalation” was published by economist Martin Shubik in the March, 1971 issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution (I know, I know — you’ve got a copy laying around somewhere). Here’s how...
