Message Before Metaphor

Message Before Metaphor

I will plead guilty to loving my own arrangement of words into sentences a little too much sometimes. I can, for example, still remember, verbatim, what I consider the best lede I ever wrote in my reporting career — from a story published back in the early...
Key to a Good Interview? Build the Runway

Key to a Good Interview? Build the Runway

I’ve spoken to two clients in the last couple of days and used variations of the same advice to each. That tells me I may have shucked a messaging oyster and found pearl of wisdom. Here it is: When doing an interview, you have to know when to land the plane. And...