Make Suggestions Great Again. I’m so sick of everyone in the industry offering meandering and meaningless feedback just to say they got their 2 cents in. If you have concrete suggestions: great! But don’t just talk for 5 minutes about how something makes you feel without providing any actionable suggestions to improve the work.

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So you want to return to a time in the industry that never existed?

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In my career, strategists have been the foremost practitioners of vague, directionless suggestions and talking just to talk.

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Dunning Kruger effect is a thing, but, sure, let’s let you amble around on stage as your favorite Andrew Lloyd Weber musical moments play!

Strategist in general are just very insufferable 😩 saying a whole bunch of nothingness

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Ah yes - and also, thank you for your invaluable work in our industry doing whatever a Communications Manager does.

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