Last week we trained a group of creatives from The Studio. When asked about communication challenges, a few said they felt rusty because they haven’t done many presentations during COVID. And now that they are tasked with speaking live in front of clients, they were...
The dire state of international wars, global warming, and political polarization grabs our attention daily. This extreme pressure can interfere with our ability to make clear and rational decisions. So, we searched for a mechanism to keep steady in rough waters. It doesn’t matter whether...
The Beijing Olympic games were a mixed bag for the United States. There were many more failures than anticipated. Why do some competitors meet the moment and others fold?In a recent NY Times article, Sian Beilock (President of Barnard College) states that humans are hard-wired...
When you look at Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp, he isn’t that impressive: 6’2” and 208 lbs. Why did he win the Most Valuable Player for Superbowl LVI? Because nerds rule!Kupp’s determination to be the best is nothing short of miraculous. He turned...
For Olympics fans, the unthinkable happened. The alpine racer, Mikaela Shiffrin fell in both of her first two races, the Giant Slalom and Super G. Both times she posted a DNF or did not finish.Mountain conditions are precarious, where a wind shift, cloud shadow, or...
Joel Cohen directed Denzel Washington in the recent film The Tragedy of Macbeth. He harped on Washington to harden his R’s. Cohen wanted Macbeth to project power and knew that precise speech would deliver that quality. And without a regional accent, Washington’s Macbeth could be from...
David recently recorded an audio version of the book The End of Burnout by Jonathan Malesic. The author is on to something. Last year, over 38 million workers left their jobs in the U.S. This poses a huge problem for businesses that need to continuously...
We were inspired by a recent CBS 60 Minutes piece featuring The Ritchie Boys. They were a World War II German-Austrian unit, many of them Jewish, who had immigrated to the U.S. prior to WWII. Because of their knowledge of European languages and German culture,...
At the risk of sounding like The Sports Channel, we are breathlessly awaiting the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics. For us, there is no greater thrill than watching elite athletes compete on the world’s largest and oldest stage. The first Olympics took place in...
John Madden was a Hall of Fame NFL Coach who led the Oakland Raiders to 8 playoffs and their Super Bowl win in 1976. On December 28th he passed away.After he quit coaching, Madden was an unlikely choice for a sportscaster. He would frenetically gesture...