| Hello: Here’s the ninth edition of MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-up. We’ll kick off every week with this quick collection of tips, recommendations, observations and other interesting, valuable stuff. – Tom |
| Monday, March 5, 2018 MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-Up I’m Reading: How The #MeToo Movement Is Affecting Your Leadership (And You Might Not Even Notice) You may not work with anyone who has said, “#MeToo,” but odds are you know someone who could. In this great article published by Forbes online, my friend Dixie Gillaspie argues that we “cannot afford to ignore these statistics or the impact of the #MeToo movement. Right now, you have people who are reliving some of the most traumatic experiences of their lives. Whether they’re joining the movement, telling their stories or keeping their silence, you have both survivors and abusers who are being reminded of past traumas on an almost daily basis.” If we want our workplaces to work, we must recognize this and be “a constructive voice in that conversation.” Amen, Dixie. I’m Listening To…Aaron Lee Tasjan – “Little Movies.” He’s a Nashville guy, labeled an “Americana” artist. But this tune from his “Silver Tears” album feels more Beatles than Johnny Cash. Great track from a great album. Peter Martin – “Another Day in the Sun” (from La La Land). Don’t bother if you don’t like jazz. But if you like jazz, this is a treat. A great interpretation of the movie’s opening number, from one of the planet’s great pianists. I’m Watching Movies that Should Have Won Oscars Last month, I shared an article from the Washington Post that listed the past 38 years of Grammy Album of the Year nominees and winners — and the list of those albums that, according to the critics, should have won. Last week, the Post repeated the drill with Best Picture nominees from the Oscars for the past 42 years. This is a great read — and a great guide for your DVD or streaming media sessions for weeks to come: The Oscars always get it wrong. Here are the real best pictures of the past 42 years. Quotes We’re Pondering“Marketing for the sake of generating a transaction will become increasingly difficult. Today and for the future, marketing is about relationships. Sales transactions become easy when an existing relationship is there. Remember: The future of business is marketing with people, not at them.” — John Michael Morgan from his book “Brand Against the Machine” Recommended Tool to Speed Up Your Computer Check out OneTab — a free extension for Chrome or Firefox — that can turn a sluggish web browser into a speed demon. Tabbed browsing is great, but the more tabs you open, the slower your computer. With one tab, you can close all open tabs with one click. Links to the previously open pages are compiled in a single page in OneTab. You can re-open each page one at a time or all at once. Every time my computer gets sluggish, I click the OneTab button and performance improves. *** Any reading, listening, quoting, resourcing that you think we should share? Send us a tip. Until next time, enjoy the rest of this week and the weekend. Tom |
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