Bad Design Thinking

Bad Design Thinking

I needed oil for my car and went to a quick stop service company. They did the oil change swiftly and efficiently. When I went to checkout, I swiped my credit card. But the instructions were so unclear that the clerk had to walk me through what should have been...
The Marketing Sage – Open for Business

The Marketing Sage – Open for Business

Did you see my billboard popping up all over America this past week?   Announcing the opening of my marketing consulting firm called The Marketing Sage. I am leaving my global marketing job on July 1st, 2016 to write a new chapter in my career. I am so excited, I...
Exchanging Marketing Insights

Exchanging Marketing Insights

Five years ago, a small group of colleagues joined me to create an unusual event for the wine marketing community.  We called it THE EXCHANGE because we wanted it to be an interaction of ideas, insights and inspiration. Ten events later, more than one thousand wine...
Left-Handed Wines

Left-Handed Wines

Why isn’t anyone making wines for left-handed drinkers? I know, this is a stupid idea, but there is a marketing lesson within this thought. Allow me to unpack it with my right hand. Imagine a wine made for people who are left-handed. I think there is an...