Dan Erwin

What Do the Important People at Your Firm Really Want from You?

A recent study from McKinsey focused on a slightly different, but related question: "what do shoppers (“important people”) really want from personalized marketing?" I chuckled, reading it, because it reminded me as an executive development specialist of what my clients (my “important people”) really wanted from me. The McKinsey stuff provides immensely transferable ideas.

Nearly all their suggestions apply by analogy to those of us who are taking care of our own career. Those who want the support of significant people, including bosses, or others inside or outside of their firm.

“NAPOLEON:” More Ridley Scott

Over the holiday I saw Scott’s Napoleon. When I walked out of the movie, my daughter asked what I thought of the movie. I paused, and then said, “I don’t know.”

“That’s an unusual comment, “she responded, remembering that I have a PhD in critical tools.

I usually like Scott’s stuff, but when I thought about this movie, I finally decided that he missed his opportunity. The movie just didn’t make much sense to me. It had scenes of big wars and bonking attractive females. But there was actually no