a person who expresses a contentious opinion in order to provoke debate or test the strength of the opposing arguments.

I strongly believe this should be a standing position in all companies and organizations. It should be breaking news when a top DA steps down. Twitter should explode when there’s a corporate battle for the best.

Corporations know how important this is. Non-profit organizations, on the other hand, need a crash course in not jumping at the first thing you see. I was listening to an Adobe Max workshop a few years ago, the speaker was presenting on working with…

Updated — Chain Letters 2.5

Attention All — This is a public service announcement. For the love of all things good and right in the world, please stop forwarding (read copy and pasting) the new chain letters. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, spend about 5 minutes on Facebook and you’ll come across one. They all start off the same — “Facebook has changed their privacy policy…..”. Yes, Facebook changes their policies, they are an ever evolving online company. They have to update and change to stay relevant. When you signed up for Facebook (or any other social…