by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Apr 28, 2013
In a 10-minute presentation on April 28, 2003, Steve Jobs reinvented the music industry and persuaded millions of music lovers to pay 99 cents a song. Ten years ago Apple launched the iTunes Music Store and completely changed how we acquire and enjoy our music. For 99...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Apr 26, 2013
My wife recently bought tickets to Kid Rock. “They were only $20 each,” she said. Twenty bucks? Has he fallen that far? I wondered. As it turns out, the five-time Grammy nominee is doing just fine. In fact he announced the low ticket price to make a statement and to...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Apr 22, 2013
Few topics are more complicated than nuclear weapons. If the world’s leading scientists in the field can be taught to communicate more simply, anyone can. Over the past few years I’ve been invited on several occasions to work with scientists at America’s leading...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Apr 2, 2013
How many times have you heard that great leaders are great listeners? Everyone, it seems, equates leadership to listening. I interviewed more than two dozen inspiring leaders for my book, Fire Them Up, and I learned that extraordinary leaders go well beyond listening...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Mar 31, 2013
“The purpose of the pitch isn’t necessarily to move others to adopt your idea, it’s to offer something so compelling it begins a conversation,” according to New York Times bestselling author, Daniel H. Pink. I recently talked to Pink about his new book, To Sell...
