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Michael Baer's Stratecution Stories

"Strategy is overrated. We have a strategic plan. It's called doing things". – Herb Kelleher

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Month: December 2011

A Ping-Pong Lesson

I spent a big part of the last two days assembling a ping-pong table we bought for Christmas. This is … More

advertising, advertising blog, advertising engagement, Brand, Business, Christmas, Cross-functional team, engagement, Holidays, Leadership, management, marketing, Michael Baer, New Year, Problem solving, stratecution, strategy, Table tennis

The Power of “What if?”

I wrote last week about the importance of asking questions – and the fact that often, questions are more important than … More

advertising, advertising blog, Creativity, Critical thinking, Cross-functional team, engagement, execution, Leadership, management, marketing, media planning, Michael Baer, Naguib Mahfouz, Problem solving, stratecution, strategy

Let’s Hear It For Scrappiness

Everywhere you look you hear about the great “race for talent”. How the future will be won by who wins … More

advertising, advertising blog, advertising engagement, Brand, Business, Cross-functional team, digital advertising, earned media, engagement, entrepreneur, execution, Leadership, management, marketing, Marketing and Advertising, media planning, Michael Baer, Michael Jordan, Porsche, social media, stratecution, strategy

A Search for Questions: Re-learning the importance of asking questions

I don’t have to tell you that today’s marketing and advertising world is incredibly complex. And the pressure to perform … More

There’s No “I” in T-E-A-M: The Secrets To High-Performing Teams.

As we all know, business, especially the ad business, is a team sport. The best soloist in the world can’t … More

advertising, advertising and marketing, advertising blog, Brand, Business, business teams, Communication, Creativity, Cross-functional team, engagement, Goal, Jerry Maguire, Leadership, Madison Avenue, management, marketing, Michael Baer, productive teams, Respect, stratecution, team building, Team sport

The Inevitable Extinction of the A-hole

There was something I learned in college  in Psychology 101 that stuck with me. I read about a study that showed … More

advertising, advertising blog, Art director, Asshole, Brand, Business, Creative director, Creativity, Cross-functional team, digital advertising, execution, Leadership, management, marketing, Michael Baer, michael baer stratecution, Psychology, strategy

All You Need Is Hate

I normally write about things I love, care about or believe in. Today, I write about things I’m equally passionate … More

advertising, advertising and marketing, advertising blog, advertising engagement, Brand, Business, Creativity, Cross-functional team, digital advertising, Leadership, management, marketing blog, michael baer stratecution, Passion (emotion), Problem solving, Psychology, Smugness, Social Sciences, stratecution, strategy

I Love a Good Flip-Flopper

When I was about 6 or 7 years old, I had a friend at my house. My older brother did … More

advertising, advertising and marketing, advertising blog, Business, Cross-functional team, digital advertising, execution, flip-flop, Leadership, leadership blog, management, marketing, Marketing and Advertising, Michael Baer, stratecution, strategy

Ballmer vs. Bezos?

Conservatism vs. Progressivism? Protection of what we were and are vs.  Creation a something new? Looking backward vs. Looking ahead? … More

advertising, advertising and marketing, Business, cynthia barton rabe, jeff bezos, Leadership, management, marketing, Michael Baer, steve ballmer, stratecution, Tom Peters

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