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That New Coke moment
Companies often have the uncanny ability to do precisely the wrong thing at the exact right time. Business history is a virtual junkyard of Edsels, New Cokes, Bic pantyhose. Decisions months or years later reveal themselves as the turning point to a failed strategy or tactic. How is it that bright, highly successful business people…
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Earth Hour gets buzz
There was a lot of buzz on Twitter this morning about Earth Hour. Here’s a sampling from Tweet Scan, a “real time” Twitter search engine. Oh yeah, follow me on Twitter. Despil : @scarab I thought we have about 6 hours ’till Earth Hour. It’s not even noon yet << (2008-03-29 06:52:21) rgabostyle : Turn…
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Black is the new green
Betcha noticed this today. Good for Google; let’s see if we notice lights out between 8 and 9 p.m. tonight. I somewhat suspect that life will go on fairly normally between 8 and 9 p.m. And granted “Earth Hour” is mainly symbolic. But in an ironic sense, the lack of being able to discern much…