If you’re a consultant, you’re going to want to know the difference between selling and marketing. So, let’s be clear here at HSCT. Selling for the consultant is what happens when the client calls you back, signs the check and you deposit it. Marketing for the consultant is what happens Read more…
It turns out that the most important trait for success for children is conscientiousness. Conscientiousness now has become the third positive character trait for success in life along with grit and empathy. Empathy is a core trait of emotional intelligence, in that it requires us to abandon self to try Read more…
Faith has to be the driver. If you are building something, after doing everything that you can do, with all the resources that you have available to yourself, then all that you have left, should be faith. But, have I done everything that I can do in my power to Read more…
Let’s have an honest talk about the good old days. And, please bear with us. This is going to go a little long. Civility and discourse seem to be on the wane as the instantaneous nature of communication becomes more and more ubiquitous in our everyday lives. It appears as Read more…
In light of the current interest around Big Data and the privacy issues made relevant through Wikileaks, Edward Snowden revelations and Google’s recent EU “slap-down,” we wonder how the people who choose not to be enfranchised will be cajoled (or forced) into the developing systems of the future. Typically, late Read more…
To develop as a consultant, digital marketing and using the tools of online digital content development are the most critical tools in your toolbox. And, if you’re not connected to Booz Allen, McKinsey, or Boston Consulting Group, they you have only three tools in your box available to you, to Read more…
Is anyone listening? Reading well, listening thoroughly and responding appropriately are the hallmarks of working through the minefield that is adult interaction. However, our brains are changing demonstrably through intersection and interaction with the internet, social media and mobile devices. The brain already processes information twice as fast as a Read more…
Going to the US Capital is always an adventure for me. The museums are free and are open even on Sundays, but the trade-off is that you’ve gotta walk everywhere and buy overpriced food. Museums, monuments, street names, bill titles, building names are all reflective and demonstrate to others what Read more…
The FDA believes that a “like” is akin to an endorsement. Pretty soon, the Justice Department and the Supreme Court, following this logic, may determine that if a video of a violent crime is liked, shared or tweeted by enough people, those very acts may be seen as promoting the Read more…
Bullies are everywhere it seems. They are at school. They are at work. Have they always been around or are we only now becoming sensitive to their presence and their impact? From Donald Sterling to the workplace bully to the disaffected school shooter, modern Western culture seems to be turning Read more…