by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 22, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
I know we live in an era where being a huge jerk is an essential qualification for higher office. But I want to dwell for a moment here on why it’s a good idea not to be a jerk when you work for a good cause these days. When you care, it can be tempting to make...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 15, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
Did you watch the Master’s golf on Sunday? In part I ask because I realize my audience is pretty diverse. As a strategic communications leader I do work with CEOs of fortune 500 companies. But I also work with plenty of people helping good causes communicate....
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 9, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
Are you a good leader? I am. I know I am, because right now I’m not one. I know leadership comes with a personal cost and I don’t owe that to anyone. I don’t like the burden of leadership, even though it’s been thrust on me since I was a teen....
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 1, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
I’ve just finished a great historic novel by Paul Theroux called “Burma Sahib,” in which he imagines George Orwell’s formative early career as a policeman in what’s now called Myanmar, between 1922 and 1927. Orwell died of tuberculosis a...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 25, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
I watched “The Apprentice” this weekend. My poor wife has had flu for ten days and I’ve been doing a lot of childcare, as well as running the business. On Saturday and Sunday night our four-year-old did me the enormous favor of falling asleep on...
