by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 30, 2017
Facebook is a service that connects friends, families and groups. At least, that’s the way founder Mark Zuckerberg promoted the platform for its first ten years. Today he’s creating a new vision to guide the company for the next ten years. And he’s using an effective...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 29, 2017
Recently, I visited an elite class of military officers who will spend the next thirteen months training on the most sensitive—and challenging—national security issues of our time. One of my books on communication skills is required reading in the class because...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 6, 2017
A world famous pastor who speaks to sold out stadiums once admitted to me that in his first year as a minister, his hands would shake as he approached the lectern. His palms would sweat and his heart would race. He had severe stage fright. When he overheard a critical...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 6, 2017
One hundred years after John F. Kennedy’s birth and 56 years after he delivered one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century, we are still inspired by John F. Kennedy’s words. We remember JFK’s ideas because he was a good editor. On a visit to the John F. Kennedy...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 29, 2017
Each and every day IBM’s Watson works alongside business professionals in 45 countries, analyzing volumes of data to make better decisions and to solve big problems. But ask the average person about Watson and they might recognize it as ‘the computer’ that beat two...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 26, 2017
I haven’t seen this many moats since the last season of Game of Thrones. The word ‘moat’ is the latest buzzword in Silicon Valley and it’s appearing more often in the business pages. The trend is not as odd as it might appear. According to one analysis, tech company...
