August 18, 2015

Does your intranet suck? Here’s how to make your company intranet a valuable employee tool that increases employee engagement!

June 2, 2015

I recently began listening to an audio book recommended by a friend. The book includes advice on how to streamline your priorities, and the author has the typical credentials you’d expect: He holds an advanced degree from a well-known university, he’s consulted for lots of high-profile organizations, and he conducted a study of hundreds of executives to reach the conclusions he’s presenting in the book.

May 21, 2015

“There is no art without limitation.” – Oscar Wilde * One of my favorite creative writing professors mentioned this quote last week while we were discussing the idea of control and constraints within writing.

April 10, 2015

Last week, I joined a new friend for tea and to swap stories about our work. As I was explaining that Brilliant Ink helps other companies create meaningful employee experiences, I mentioned that a key area we focus on is “the daily grind” – i.

November 24, 2014

As the year is winding down (can you believe Thanksgiving is this week?!) most of us are thinking about what we’ve done over the past year and what’s next for 2015. This also means it's time for performance reviews.

September 12, 2014

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” - George Orwell, 1984 I recently listened to a TED Talk given by language historian Anne Curzan on “What Makes a Word Real.

August 27, 2014

and it does that from the very first sentence.” This is one of many gems from my creative writing professor at the University of San Francisco.

July 1, 2014

A few months ago, one of my employees decided to leave the company. I wouldn’t have tried to talk her out of her decision, but there are a few exit interview questions I would have asked her if I had the chance to do it over again.

April 3, 2014

Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting Brilliant Ink’s Employee Experience research to a group of 70 internal communications and HR professionals at The Business Development Institute’s Internal Communications and Leadership Forum. The forum included presentations from several industry leaders and a lively panel discussion on the convergence of internal communications and social technologies.