by Carla Johnson | Jan 10, 2023 | Business, Corporate Culture, Innovation, Leadership
January 3, 2023 A century ago, economist Joseph Schumpeter said that crises were seedbeds of innovation and entrepreneurship. History shows that during these times, new technologies are developed and industries remade. These are times when people discover...
by Carla Johnson | Dec 8, 2021 | Corporate Culture, Customer Experience, Innovation, Leadership, Marketing
December 8, 2021 Most of our day centers around computer screens, phones, or tablets. It can be easy to forget that when you send an email or hit the “publish” button that there’s a real, live person on the other end. We fall into a digital trap that...
by Carla Johnson | Oct 12, 2021 | Corporate Culture, Leadership
October 12, 2021 So much of business is focused on investors and profits. What’s forgotten is the heart of the equation – customers and the employees who serve them. When a business sets its sights on how to give back to the world through their people, they’re able to...
by Carla Johnson | Jun 21, 2021 | Change Management, Innovation, Leadership
June 22, 2021 What do Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell and John Oliver have to do with a global pandemic? Everything, it turns out. In March 2020, people worldwide left the office for the day. Some are trickling back in the doors now. Others are waiting to see what local...
by Carla Johnson | Dec 3, 2020 | Innovation, Leadership
December 3, 2020 It’s the time of year when people begin looking heavily at the change in the calendar and planning ahead. For every company, team and leader, strategic planning is the most important activity they do on a regular basis. It sets the tone for the...
by Carla Johnson | Apr 26, 2018 | Leadership, Marketing
April 26, 2018 by Carla Johnson From the theme of the Marketo Summit next week to calls I’ve gotten in the last few days from CMOs about how to amp up their teams, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it takes to create a team of fearless marketers. “Fearless” isn’t...
