You might have seen the moving ad from manufacturing giant GE demonstrating the emotional connection between its employees and customers. (Embeded video at right – Subscribers may need to click through to see video.)
The spot shows an employee at work building devices for cancer treatment wondering about the people who benefit from his work, and [...]
If you still doubt how the emerging field of engagement is affecting traditional marketing, listen to this.
One of the companies involved with the Enterprise Engagement Alliance is a long-standing integrated marketing agency that moved away from focusing solely on meetings and incentives several years ago to provide a more broad-based, solutions-oriented performance improvement services. As [...]
While I haven’t yet seen any major business publications cover the emerging area of engagement, the traditional trade media is on it.
Recent articles in publications as diverse as the HR Executive (here and here), Corporate Meetings and Incentives, Training, and the American Management Association have featured articles on various aspects of engagement. Even more telling [...]
I had a recent experience with the new service 800 Got Junk that demonstrates how organizations are going to have to take an entirely new look at the definition of their brands. If you don’t know the service, it’s at face value, a great way to get rid of unwanted anything in a hurry. Just [...]
While no one is absolutely certain about the agenda of the Occupy Wall Street movement, one message is clear: there is a growing outcry for a more humane form of capitalism, as well as a sense that Wall Street is part of the problem.
Ironically, this movement could have a profound effect on the way businesses [...]