Posted on December 19, 2006 9:50 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Internal | Intranets
Things are bad at BP. Very, very bad.
Tony Hayward, the company’s top exploration and production exec, posted an item to the company’s intranet slamming current leadership. Labeled, “Hayward shares candid views on 2006,” the piece listed the company’s flaws. It’s most likely no coincidence that Hayward is angling to become BP’s next top dog.
According to a Financial Times piece, Hayward took direct aim at current BP honcho Lord…
Posted on November 17, 2006 4:49 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business | Media
I was delighted to get an email from John Wolf, senior director of media relations for Marriott International, in response to my complaint about getting poker ads served up on web pages (including my own blog) while using the Superclick service that hotels like Marriott use to provide guests with Internet access. This occurred while I was staying at the…
Posted on November 13, 2006 7:21 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Ethics | Web
Note: I am cross-posting this from my travel blog. I’m pissed off enough that I want to give it as much exposure as I can.
I’m at the Renaissance Toronto Hotel Downtown, and until a few minutes ago, I was pleased with the hotel. I was upgraded due to my Marriott Rewards status to a nice split-level suite that overlooks an empty SkyDome.…
Posted on November 10, 2006 10:42 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Social Media | Technology
Whenever I give a talk on the whole social media thing, one of the questions that invariably arises is, “What software will we need and how will I be able to convince IT to get it and install it?”
The answer to that question may have gotten a lot easier with Intel‘s launch of Suite 2.0, an interesting bundling of several popular social media…
Posted on November 6, 2006 1:08 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business | PR
I just got word by email that PRWeek has released its annual CEO survey, this year looking less at communications and more at “the issues and information that impact corporate strategy.” The PRWeek story suggests that the factors a CEO considers when making decisions “is a combination of information and experience, advisors and gut instinct, and PR pros have a critical role to play in…
Posted on October 22, 2006 4:23 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | General | Marketing | New Media | PR | Second Life | Social Media
I’ve been waiting and waiting to make this public, and the time has finally come. No more hints. No more teasing. This is the real thing. I’m leaving the world of sole practitionership and independent consulting to join a startup that features a killer team of communicators and a laser-like focus on New Marketing.
The company is called crayon. The name derives from an…
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