So, Adidas is in the news for diversity problems. Employees at its Portland headquarters say they’ve been marginalized and discriminated against. Apparently management perpetuates a high school clique type environment, and ignores minority voices in favor of more familiar faces, often to the detriment of the business. Like having to pull your all white sneaker offering …
Can You Handle the Truth?
They say everything happens when it’s supposed to. Timing is everything. You get information when you need it most. When you’re ready for the lesson, the teacher will appear, that sort of thing. I believe that, and never more so than today. I was talking to a friend. We’ve known each other for 20 years …
Kanye West, Train Wrecks and Political Exploitation
I almost titled this blog ‘Kanye West and the Art of Not So Public Speaking,’ but that didn’t cover the nuances of the truly awful televised meeting he had with the President this week. I would not consider myself a sensitive person. I don’t get overly emotional about many topics. The only real triggers I …
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Kanye, Being Deliberately Shocking Is Boring
For anyone in this day and age of viral messaging and live forever on the Internet culture to try and be deliberately shocking is just, kind of, boring. Being deliberately conscious of the power in your words and messages, on the other hand? That’s something. That’s powerful. That gets eyes, and it captures and holds …
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Mainstream Media, March for My Life
The March for Our Lives events last weekend drew more than 1 million people. The biggest event happened in DC, where hundreds of thousands of people of all ages rallied in support of gun control. It was epic. It’s got to be the biggest youth-created rally I can ever recall seeing, and I’m here for …