by Bruce Turkel | Mar 8, 2022 | All About Them, Branding, Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value, Is That All There Is?, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon interrupted the show's Weekend Update news segment to praise the hugely controversial “Don't Say Gay” bill passed by Florida's House of Representatives. That's right, praise. “I heard about this law, and I think it's amazing,”...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 24, 2020 | All About Them, Branding, Is That All There Is?, Marketing & Advertising
Do you think you're smarter or more talented than the people around you? More to the point, do you think you're smarter or more talented than you really are? If so, you're not alone. The Dunning-Kruger Effect describes a specific cognitive bias that causes people to...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 18, 2017 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
An Open Letter to United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz Dear Mr. Munoz. You and United Airlines have had a hard couple of weeks. For the benefit of the uninformed, let's recap just a little, shall we? First one of your United Airlines' employees chose to have a passenger...
by Bruce Turkel | May 12, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
With his dark sunglasses, slicked back hair, and untucked short-sleeve shirts, Mr. R was the coolest dad in our Miami Beach neighborhood. He'd pick us up in his enormous navy blue Lincoln Continental, and let us slide across the slickly mink-oiled cordovan leather...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 4, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Unless you're a Seattle Seahawks fan, Super Bowl XLVIII wasn't much of a game. I'll bet most Super Bowl parties broke up before the fourth quarter was over. Yours probably did too. Unless you're a hardcore advertising fan, the Super Bowl ad show wasn't very...