Several years ago, I was leaving the office. I had on my coat and hat; I was holding my gloves until the moment right before I stepped outside. My bags were full of things to take home to work on. And I stopped in one of our account executive’s offices to say goodnight.
She was sitting there with two other colleagues and they were talking about video.
The one account executive who was not intimidated by me and had no problem giving her opinion said to me, “You travel the world telling business leaders about how important video is in telling a company’s story, yet we don’t do any of it.”
I looked at her and said, “I agree. But we sit behind our computers all day. What the heck will we talk about on video?”
(Cough, cough.) No one said I’m not stubborn or close-minded occasionally. But I am willing to listen and to think. (more…)