More than twenty years ago, Jeffrey Hollender founded S Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2011/04/15/without-a-map-part-1/feed/ 5 http://kontrary.com/2010/07/13/originality-influence-in-personal-branding-architecture-and-walmart/ http://kontrary.com/2010/07/13/originality-influence-in-personal-branding-architecture-and-walmart/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:35:19 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/?p=1814 We are told to show streaks of our soul, to be original. To show irreverence. And especially, place your mark on the world. Eschew tradition.  And while you should be yourself, you should also, somewhere along the line – if you� Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2010/07/13/originality-influence-in-personal-branding-architecture-and-walmart/feed/ 14 http://kontrary.com/2009/10/12/good-spreads-%e2%80%93-without-marketing/ http://kontrary.com/2009/10/12/good-spreads-%e2%80%93-without-marketing/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:30:00 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/10/12/good-spreads-%e2%80%93-without-marketing/ Trust is easily bamboozled.

Like in social media, all you have to do is start a blog and write a lot of content– it doesn’t even hav Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/10/12/good-spreads-%e2%80%93-without-marketing/feed/ 25 http://kontrary.com/2008/10/21/why-gen-y-should-talk-about-politics-at-work/ http://kontrary.com/2008/10/21/why-gen-y-should-talk-about-politics-at-work/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:17:10 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2008/10/21/why-gen-y-should-talk-about-politics-at-work/ It was a committee meeting, and a CEO was using the coldest-Wisconsin-winter-ever as proof that global warming didn’t exist. I had to leave the room so I wouldn’t explode with the news that global warming creates weather extremes, Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2008/10/21/why-gen-y-should-talk-about-politics-at-work/feed/ 35 http://kontrary.com/2008/03/13/gen-y-to-cities-don%e2%80%99t-ignore-us/ http://kontrary.com/2008/03/13/gen-y-to-cities-don%e2%80%99t-ignore-us/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:00:29 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2008/03/13/gen-y-to-cities-don%e2%80%99t-ignore-us/ Update: A version of this post was published here as an opinion editorial, and another version was featured here on Brazen Careerist.

The pull Madison has is inexplicable, Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2008/03/13/gen-y-to-cities-don%e2%80%99t-ignore-us/feed/ 13 http://kontrary.com/2007/09/25/trust-loyalty-and-the-happy-ending/ http://kontrary.com/2007/09/25/trust-loyalty-and-the-happy-ending/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:54:47 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2007/09/25/trust-loyalty-and-the-happy-ending/ Big Brother and I talked a couple weeks ago perched atop Bascom Hill, the steepest hill in Madison, and I wore my steepest heels. The sun was bright with the resigned smile it holds between summer and fall, and I held on to the edge of my wrap dress, dan Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2007/09/25/trust-loyalty-and-the-happy-ending/feed/ 8 http://kontrary.com/2007/07/25/advice-from-top-executives-presidents-and-ceos/ http://kontrary.com/2007/07/25/advice-from-top-executives-presidents-and-ceos/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:45:05 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2007/07/25/advice-from-top-executives-presidents-and-ceos/ We won’t all be Steve Jobs, but many of us will be the top executives in our respective cities. I recently met with seven of the top Executives, Presidents and CEOs in Madison, Wisconsin. Here are their keys to business and leadership success—

Share your success. It is incumbent Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2007/07/25/advice-from-top-executives-presidents-and-ceos/feed/ 16 http://kontrary.com/2007/07/23/skip-grad-school-life-is-better-with-experience/ http://kontrary.com/2007/07/23/skip-grad-school-life-is-better-with-experience/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:37:10 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2007/07/23/skip-grad-school-life-is-better-with-experience/ A few weeks ago, I met a twenty-something pursuing an advanced degree in Political Science to become a professor, although he had no real-world experience in politics. I listened to Mr. Poli Sci and then I said, “How can you possibly teach something you haven’t experienced?”