From the monthly archives:

February 2011

The Future We Create: Virtual Conference

February 24, 2011

I have the pleasure of participating in a great virtual conference on March 1st bringing 60 women together for 60 minutes. You should take a list at the women speaking: PhDs, University Presidents, authors, and even Selena Rezvani who spoke at our university last fall. Each of us had 60 seconds to provide a message […]

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The Cupcake Shake Out

February 22, 2011

I think about cupcakes…a lot. I never thought I’d be one of those consumers who would jump on the cupcake bandwagon, but you know what? I’ve called shotgun! When there was the first whisperings of cupcakes being a new dessert craze, I was confused: weren’t cupcakes already available in your local grocer’s bakery section? They […]

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Are Princesses Still Relevant?

February 15, 2011

The following post is available over at Forbes blogs – Work in Progress: Most women can remember a time in her childhood when she ran through a store looking for the pink section. Between all the dolls and stuffed animals, there would be those precious items that could completely change your world: the dress up […]

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Business and Love

February 14, 2011

Let’s talk about Christmas. Yep, on Valentine’s Day, I want to talk about Christmas. This year, I missed the Valentine’s advertising. I saw a great full-page ad from Tiffany’s in the Wall Street Journal (“Be Mine”), and I saw Godiva on Squawk Box talking about the business of chocolate. That’s it. Did you ever notice […]

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Who Has the Ultimate Responsibility?

February 8, 2011

We conducted a case analysis today about Nike and its history with labor issues. The class was split up into stakeholder groups, ranging from Phil Knight to the Vietnamese workers. I was placed in the group of celebrity spokespeople. At the time the case was first written (2000), most of the spokespeople said they were removed from […]

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