Knowledge Lead, Consulting Division of Kantar
Strategic marketing consulting. Speaking and writing. Author of four books: Rocking the Ages (1997); Life Is Not Work, Work Is Not Life (2001–Wall Street Journal Top Ten work/life book); Coming to Concurrence (2005); Generation Ageless (2008). Former columnist for Marketing News. Occasional blogger (including on Branding Strategy Insider). Former weekly commentator on Smart City (public radio show). Board of Advisors and ex-president Foundation Board of UNC-Chapel Hill Hussman School of Media and Journalism. Former Board of Directors for Premiere Global Services (NYSE). 2012 inductee N.C. Media and Journalism Hall of Fame. Three-time winner of WPP Atticus Award. 2020 recipient AMA Charles Coolidge Parlin Lifetime Achievement Award. 2021 inductee Market Research Council Hall of Fame.