by Art Petty | Mar 1, 2012 | Marketing
A bit tongue-in-cheek laced with a great deal of hyperbole, fueled by a strong sense of outrage and hopefully, blended with a dash of cynical humor. I spend approximately 94% of my productive time doing battle with some firm or another over their pricing and promotion...
by Art Petty | Aug 1, 2011 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Newsflash: The Center for Leadership Diseases (CLD) has just announced an addition to their growing list of maladies and afflictions running rampant through the leadership and customer service communities. Respect Deficit Disorder (RDD) has officially been added to a...
by Art Petty | Nov 18, 2009 | Marketing
Note from Art: I love the city of Chicago. I love the people, the energy and I love the feel of the restaurants and museums and the theaters. However, I don’t love the knuckleheaded political and union wrangling that blares from every news channel in a constant drone...
by Art Petty | Aug 7, 2009 | Career, Marketing
The summer days are growing noticeably shorter here in the middle of the U.S., and while it seems remarkably early, both of our sons will be off at college within the next week. Since it was just yesterday that I was in college, this new empty nest phase is a little...
by Art Petty | Jul 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Note from Art: I’ve moved dangerously close to some controversial territory in this post. I like that. While my daily dose of wild-eyed optimism is not visible here, my core premise is always that the glass is half full and the most difficult problems are...