May marks an important time in my life: It’s Brain Tumor Awareness Month. I’ve always been very open and willing to talk about my two brain surgeries — one in 2007 and a second in 2013. Sharing the experience helped me to express the flood of emotions I was feeling…

I’m typically not shy about sharing my opinions and advice. But when my 21-year-old niece — a graduating senior from Ithaca College who is spending the last of what should have been her season of job fairs, internships, and new beginnings in lockdown — asked my advice on how to…

We all know that times of crisis bring out the best — and worst — in humanity, and we’ve certainly witnessed how people are stepping up to perform once-usual tasks that now qualify as extraordinary. There are countless pandemic-related stories about people delivering essential goods to elderly or otherwise vulnerable…

I don’t really relate to either Passover or Easter, but I find myself thinking of how family and friends will adapt to celebrating the holidays while in confinement. My first thought: Who could think of matzoh at a time like this? The thought of having to eat unleavened bread for…

The many spontaneous and useful acts of kindness we are seeing as the COVID-19 pandemic continues its spread have been well documented. Big brands and multinational companies are stepping up and implementing bold and sweeping initiatives to alleviate shortages of medical equipment, protect their workers, and ease consumer discomfort, confusion…

As I self-isolate after having returned to the U.S. from Switzerland more than a week ago, I’m reminded that it doesn’t matter where we set up our “offices” — it’s a privilege to have work at all when so many are being displaced from their jobs. In the U.S., the…

It’s hard to say what makes something surreal finally register as real for people. Consumers are expert at tuning out any noise they don’t want to hear or don’t think pertains to them. With so much commotion surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19, world citizens put on blinders of varying thicknesses…

In case you missed the memo, March is Women’s History Month. A special month to pay special tribute to, you know, that pesky special interest group known as women. We’re those people who get cameo roles at best in “real history.” It’s a bitter irony that right at the beginning…

How many of us begin the week feeling like we have an unscalable mountain to climb? But do we ever stop to appreciate how far we’ve come? As marketers, there are many things we can learn from mountaineers. I’m blessed that when I’m in Europe, I have one of the…