by Ted Rubin | Jan 3, 2026 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Social Media/Marketing, Uncategorized
The real challenge isn’t coming up with bold ideas… it’s creating environments where bold ideas are allowed to live. Most organizations don’t suffer from a lack of creativity. They suffer from a lack of permission. Permission to think out loud, to be unfinished,...
by Ted Rubin | May 11, 2025 | Featured, Marketing, Social Media/Marketing, Uncategorized
*The inspiration for this post came from friend and colleague Ivonne Kinser and her podcast… Critical Thinking. The highest form of critical thinking isn’t about having the right answers… It’s about recognizing when the question itself is flawed....
by Ted Rubin | Apr 14, 2024 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Social Media/Marketing
In today’s fast-paced culture, the simple act of focused thinking has become not only uncommon, but often frowned upon. Daydreaming has been replaced by endless scrolling on smartphones, and the workplace is now associated with non-stop activity, and execution,...
by Ted Rubin | Aug 25, 2022 | Featured, Marketing, Miscellaneous
How thinking and brainstorming convert to powerful strategy making. We live in a culture where the simple act of distraction-free thinking has become alien, daydreaming has been replaced with scrolling through a feed on our smartphones and the office is a place for...
by Ted Rubin | Dec 28, 2019 | Featured, Marketing, Social Media/Marketing
Inclusion of diverse marketing ideas starts early in the process when we brainstorm – avoid the groupthink, include the right people and listen… Brainstorming is a great concept that occasionally becomes twisted when a few members of your strategy sessions, and/or one...
