UNCONVENTIONAL THINKING BLOG

It’s that electric moment. Suddenly you see or hear something that comes out of who knows where and blows you away. But where? And why?
Let’s step back and put this in perspective. A rich life is all about moving through new dimensions. Only the electric moments can transport you through these passages. These mysteries. And [...]

In her article “Be a Better Boss in 2007,” Forbes reporter Hannah Clark asks top management experts and consultants their management resolutions for CEOs in the new year.
A note from Mark: When you’ve got the chance to be quoted in article, don’t blow it by saying something ordinary, predictable, or boring. Being [...]

Every marketing and general management professional thinks we can teach Kate Moss-just a “dumb model”- chapter and verse about business. Man are we donkeys.
I can hear Kate laughing at us. (In fact, she is sitting right next to me as I write this.)
[Editors Note: Yea, in your dreams, Mark.]
What do I mean by this deification [...]

There was a time …yes there was… When great business people created extraordinary companies not on numbers or Wall Street green lights or the promise of personal wealth…
but instead on the power of love.
What?
We are so removed from this ideal now, that this seems like a fantasy. A dream, actually, like nonsense. But hold on [...]

Snow Patrol’s “Chasing Cars” is one of those lightning rod songs that flies out of the magic of the creator’s mind and blows everyone away the first time they hear it. Like Halley’s Comet or a meteor shower. Zoom, the music enters your brain and you are in love.
What makes the song zing is the [...]