Contrary to what the gloom of another day in lock down or the latest wash of inanity on the news might suggest, I say we’re living in the most inventive, hopeful, and impactful period in history since the days of Newton and Shakespeare. We’re just in it, so we can’t Read more…
Bayer will pay $10 billion+ to settle liability lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller, but its practices assessing business risk will forever suppress its stock price and impede its ability to innovate and grow. That’s because its reputation was never based on PR, so PR can’t fix it. Don’t believe anything Read more…
It’s not certain and a lot can happen between now and early 2021, but my bet is that the annual Consumer Electronics Show (“CES”) will be cancelled or severely curtailed. The show is still on, according to its organizers (the Consumer Technology Association, or “CTA”), and it promises to “highlight Read more…
A number of insurance companies are refunding a portion of customers’ auto payments during the COVID-19 lockdown, which is a smart and fair gesture. Unfortunately, they’ve ruined it with marketing. The gesture didn’t start out so lily-white, either. Fewer people on the roads means fewer accidents, so the insurance companies Read more…
It turns out that plastic recycling is a ruse invented by the oil and gas industry to stave off consumer backlash and more restrictive regulation. The majority of plastic waste we throw into recycling bins either can’t or won’t be recycled, according to an investigative report that aired on NPR Read more…
All of the PR people I know are running around like I am, making sure they’re getting the job done for their companies or clients. But one thing is making things a lot easier: Now we get to tell them the truth, and they’re telling the truth to their stakeholders. Read more…
It’s not a slogan, vision, mission, or message either. Sustainability is what companies do, so operating in a way that ensures that they stay in business isn’t a new idea, it’s what they’ve been doing since forever. To stay in business, companies must always strive to meet the requirements of Read more…
The evils of socialism threaten the economic freedoms that are synonymous with freedom of speech, free exercise of liberty, and America’s other fundamental rights, according to a speech Nikki Haley made to the Hudson Institute late last month (as reported by George Will, and here’s the full transcript of her Read more…
Microsoft and IBM have signed the “Rome Call for AI Ethics,” pledging to the Vatican that their AI will protect the planet and its people. History is filled with secular leaders cutting such deals in exchange for the Church’s sanction for fighting a war newly deemed “holy,” or sometimes simply Read more…
It’s official: Facebook has doubled down on its goal of imposing its radical ideology on the world. CEO Mark Zuckerberg couldn’t have been more clear in his comments at a tech conference last week: “We’re going to stand up for free expression. It’s unfortunate that this is such a controversial Read more…