We’ve finished the Book
We have done it! Yang-May and I have finished our book on international communications and sent it on to the publisher, Kogan Page. I felt slightly dizzy after leaving my local post office in West...
View ArticleTop Ten Thrill
Yang-May and I have been working hard all week on the PR for our book which is coming out next month. It’s already on the list of the Top Ten Social Media Books. We are thrilled! And if you are a fan...
View ArticleOur Journey
My co-author Yang-May and I look very happy in this picture. Our book has been nominated for the Financial Times Goldman Sachs Awards! I got the message the other week in San Francisco…first thing in...
View ArticleOur Book Launch
The strangest bit about writing a book is that you lose part of your soul…. It moves on and goes to live a separate life in the minds of your readers. That’s how I felt on Wednesday night when Yang-May...
View ArticleReviews & Winter Blues
Winter has arrived in London. At this time of the year, I am always on a desperate lookout for things to cheer me up. And the review of our book in this month’s issue of Communication World has done...
View ArticleFT Gets the Kitten Killer Wrong
Once a journalist always a journalist. That’s why my loyalties are sometimes split between journos and bloggers. But last week, I had this incredible urge to hide my journalistic past… I am talking...
View ArticleHigh-Touch Communication
I have always been a great believer in the communication potential of microcredit. Today, I was reading about the first leadership course for microfinance executives run by Wharton’s Aresty Institute...
View ArticleDesign-thinking the Future
Last week, before volcano Eyjafjallajoekull erupted, when we still had a life… I went to listen to Roger Martin present his new book in London. The Design of Business looks into the lack of innovation...
View Article16,000 Uniques in July!
If you write a blog, you know how addictive statistics can be… I am so thrilled… I made it! This blog registered 16,480 unique visitors in July! Exceeding the 16,000 mark is an exhilarating feeling. I...
View ArticleLunch with Emma
Part of my book on international communication focuses on China. And I am very grateful to Emma Huang for contributing to my research and for helping me to understand China. Emma is based in Toronto...
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