by Ted Rubin | Jul 9, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Social Media/Marketing, Uncategorized
Technology can scale output fast. Alignment, trust, and coherence still require people. Alignment has never been easy. Even in the best-run organizations, it’s more aspiration than reality… something talked about in strategy decks and leadership offsites, but far less...
by Ted Rubin | Jul 4, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Sadly, many people don’t seem to care because all they want to do is trade the stock and make money… The recent excitement surrounding the latest SpaceX offering got me thinking. Much of the conversation wasn’t about governance, shareholder rights,...
by Ted Rubin | Jun 27, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Social Media/Marketing, Uncategorized
The inspiration for this post came from a childhood friend. Recently, Jack Melito commented on a LinkedIn post about the Hawaiian tradition of “Talk Story.” In his comment, he mentioned me and RETURN ON RELATIONSHIP, suggesting there was a connection...
by Ted Rubin | Jun 5, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Most of us have accepted a certain level of frustration as simply part of modern life. We sit on hold waiting for customer service, click through multiple screens trying to cancel a subscription, get bounced between departments, navigate endless phone trees, delete...
by Ted Rubin | May 30, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Social Media/Marketing, Uncategorized
Everyone, from both sides of the aisle, needs to push back on administrations that are all in on empowering Silicon Valley to unleash what I call ATTENTION HEROIN indiscriminately on our nation’s children. Not to mention on all of us. And yes, I chose those words,...
by Ted Rubin | May 10, 2026 | Divorced Dad, Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Social Media/Marketing, Uncategorized
What we do with the time AI gives back is what really matters. Time is our most valuable commodity. And while AI and other technologies can help us complete tasks faster, saving time in itself isn’t the real value. The value only exists if we do something meaningful...
