by Chris Getman | Dec 8, 2013
The season of giving is upon us. It’s time for Eggnog Lattes, Peppermint Mochas, Red Velvet Drizzle Donuts, and the coveted/dreaded Black Friday deals. But why do we care really? Let’s learn about artificial scarcity. The short answer is because we need to...
by Chris Getman | Nov 18, 2013
“We bury the ones we love and burn the rest,” says Andrea, a survivor, after she impales a zombie’s skull with a scythe and then nonchalantly picks up a severed arm and tosses it to the side. The Walking Dead is a post-apocalyptic television series where a group...
by Chris Getman | Nov 9, 2013
We keep quiet. In meetings. Around the dinner table. At the bar. We keep quiet. We talk, of course we talk, but we hold back. We don’t venture to offer those visceral responses or truest of true feelings we hold dear. Instead we filter them out and suppress...
by Chris Getman | Oct 21, 2013
When I first left the agency world, I wanted to do something different, something better, more fulfilling, and more meaningful. After a brief stint as a substitute teacher (don’t ask), I joined a promising young startup company with a vision of making the...
by Chris Getman | Oct 7, 2013
We have an endless world of data and research resources at our finger tips. And sometimes we’re paralyzed by it. Unable to move forward until all available information has been thoroughly considered. We delay decisions, telling ourselves we need to more...
