Does anyone else feel that mobile phones are being billed as the next great cure all for businesses large and small? It seems that the single key to corporate riches is a sound mobile strategy.  Think I am exaggerating?  How many of you have seen the Geico ad with the talking pig on a plane checking his insurance policy updates on his cell phone?  I recently conducted some grueling and seriously unscientific research and discovered I know absolutely no one who checks their insurance policy regularly. So how is the Geico app going to sell more auto insurance?

You know how people say to not write an email or blog post when you’re angry? Screw ‘em. I am writing anyway.

I was nearly a decade into my professional life when I found myself lunching with my mentor, an accomplished gentleman whose last name, not coincidentally, mirrored that of a Fortune 500 company.  I was at a crossroads and had come to seek career guidance from him.  I had enjoyed my stint in politics and advertising, but I wanted something more substantive.  This is the wisdom I received.