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Untethered & Angst-Ridden

Posted on: October 5, 2014 Last updated on: March 30, 2023 Written by: Gillott Communications Categorized in: Advice

Life with digital tether is a blessing and a curse. Some professionals are tethered to their work 24/7. Doctors. Lawyers. Executives and business owners. Crisis PR people. Problems don’t take time…

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick-Maker

Posted on: September 28, 2014 Last updated on: February 13, 2023 Written by: Gillott Communications Categorized in: Crisis Management

Uncover the essence. Then you can solve it. If problems didn’t exist, there’d be less need for lawyers, psychiatrists, and other professionals that fix them. Crisis PR people are in that…

Demographics & Big Data

Posted on: August 17, 2014 Last updated on: March 30, 2023 Written by: Gillott Communications Categorized in: Current Event Analysis

As privacy erodes, potential threats to your reputation multiply. Demographics will define the future. Big Data is the future. The first concept is undisputed. The second depends on who you talk…

Like a Baby

Posted on: August 3, 2014 Last updated on: February 14, 2023 Written by: Gillott Communications Categorized in: Advice

Give up a private life. Gain a dependable client. Parents of newborns share a gloriously painful experience with Crisis PR people: Exhaustion. Neither are masters of their daily lives. They…

Open Mics & Disengaged Minds

Posted on: July 27, 2014 Last updated on: March 30, 2023 Written by: Gillott Communications Categorized in: Reputation Management

Foot-in-mouth disease has damaged many careers and ended others. Its history is long, colorful, and likely to continue. You can’t unring that bell. Most of the time, it has a close correlation…

Blame Game, Again

Posted on: April 27, 2014 Last updated on: March 28, 2023 Written by: Gillott Communications Categorized in: Reputation Management

Beware of playing Blame Game. It can come back and bite you. Blame is a subject we all deal with frequently. We hate taking responsibility. It’s always someone else’s fault — the…

10,000 Hours

Posted on: April 6, 2014 Last updated on: February 14, 2023 Written by: Gillott Communications Categorized in: Crisis Management

Don’t guess or make excuses. Just fix the problem. Now. Definition of an expert? “‘X’ is the unknown quantity. A spurt is a drip under pressure. Therefore, an expert is an unknown…

Gullible

Posted on: March 2, 2014 Last updated on: August 10, 2022 Written by: Gillott Communications Categorized in: Media Relations

Knowing what sells to the media gives you a fighting chance. Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be, blest. ~ Alexander Pope, 18th century English…

Affluence Made Me Do It

Posted on: February 16, 2014 Last updated on: February 16, 2023 Written by: Gillott Communications Categorized in: Crisis Management

Rarely there’s so little to say that it’s best to say nothing. Justice for the super-rich is different from justice for the rest of us. Always has been. Always will be. They…

Gerrymandering the Mind

Posted on: February 2, 2014 Last updated on: February 16, 2023 Written by: Gillott Communications Categorized in: Strategic Communications

Defining your message is easy. Being convincing is the challenge. “I don’t judge wine from a technical point of view, but from the pleasure it gives me,” Italian connoisseur Luca Maroni wrote…