I’ve just left the SXSW 2019 mashup in Austin, Texas. And
what a joyful maiden voyage it was. In addition to the unlimited buffet of
mind-bending sessions and festooned characters, I reconnected with my friend
Guy Kawasaki.

Guy has just released his 15th book, Wise
Guy: Lessons from a Life. And what a wise autobiography it is.

Lisa & Guy catch up at SXSW 2019 – Austin TX

Here’s why you need to buy copies for your teams, your high
school and college grads, and yourself….

This week, several news outlets
reported highlights from the British
parliamentary committee (known as the DCMS committee).

Last year, DCMS spent 18 exhaustive
months investigating Facebook’s online political disinformation dissemination
and misuse of people’s data.  

While I’m no attorney or MP, I
believe every marketer can learn from these allegations. They are a cautionary
tale of using (and abusing) personalization, AI to streamline access to
customer data that companies sell to outside firms to increase revenue or
platform usage….

Uncovering customer stories is your secret presidential power.

February 5 marks the 45th U.S. president’s State of the Union address.  Even though this bombastic politician is known for his childish theatrics, I doubt his speech will be as memorable as the one featuring Mr. Lenny Skutnik.

When he saw the woman lose her grip on the helicopter line, Skutnik dove into the icy Potomac waters and rescued her from certain death. His heroism earned him a VIP seat at President Reagan’s January 1982 State of the Union address….

We have scheduled 6 months’ worth of dynamic professional development and growth  opportunities for our community. Check out our schedule, and contact me if you would like to participate in these sessions: lisa@energizegrowth.com.