A quick post from LOHAS11. So John's speech went well. There was some great dialog in the room that spilled into the hallways and the into the late night cocktail hours. The speech was about Language, LOHAS and the Mainstream. It was based on a white paper John wrote and touched on issues of Language and Power, the opportunity to personalize messages to create the new authentic and about how greenwashing's power was in selling a beautiful ambiguity.
If you want to see the entire white paper, email john at jrooks (at) dwellcreative (dot) com.
We spoke with some amazing entrepreneurs, rockstars of sustainability and the thought leaders pushing this "green thing" as hard as they can. As usual, it is an inspiring event. One more day and it's back to Maine.
I was just on the phone with the credit card bank. It reminded me of this post. It was a completely manufactured dialog. "Augie" (oddest fake name ever) had all the power. I explained the situation (I paid the wrong credit card, hence the late payment). But "Augie" had a script...and the power. Even though I had answered all his questions during my explanation of my call,he had the script and the order he needed the answers. I was powerless is this completely staged conversation. It was painful and a good example that a manufactured conversation does not a dialog make.
Posted by: John | June 02, 2007 at 09:51 AM