More fast failure

I’m not a fan of the advice “fail fast.” Here’s an example of why. Suprisingly – or not – it’s happened again. In a nutshell, a PR firm broke an unwritten rule and by writing about it. And got fired for it. Here’s what’s going on: BBC: Duke Nukem PR firm dropped following online review row …

Here’s what “fail fast” looks like

Earlier this year, Chrysler made a bold statement to the world, airing the Imported From Detroit commercial during Super Bowl XLV in February 2011. The ad created buzz in the ad world, political circles, and the entertainment industry, while helping drive a 191% increase in month-over-month sales of the Chrysler 200, the car featured in …

Crisis management – standard operating procedures

I flew on Southwest Airlines earlier this week, three days after the company faced – and averted – a major crisis. (This WSJ article contains an excellent synopsis of what transpired.) In contrast, the airline faced a crisis of a very different sort two months earlier, when a movie director with over a million Twitter followers …