Note from Gillian: Space Invasion
You are talking with a friend about how much you love traveling to Greece and before you can say Opa, you are inundated with ads for cruises to the Greek Isles, or local restaurants serving their fresh Tzatziki.
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Read MoreNote from Gillian: Future Forward
We as a species have resolved to allow ourselves a specified day to review our past, possibly analyze the wins and losses, learn from our challenges, admire our successes, and decide goals for our future. Some take this day to define resolutions for self-improvement or business betterment.
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Read MoreNote from Gillian: Breakthrough: Changing Challenges to Champions
There are times that life can seem daunting, weaving what seems like insurmountable challenges into one’s daily life. Memories of the good ol’ days, getting lost in a good book or favorite movie or avoiding the ‘news’,
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Read MoreNote from Gillian: Changing Up
We accept change daily, in a multitude of ways. With the change of the seasons, we see our green garbed silvan woods change to red and yellow; the days shortening and the weather cooling. We stop by our favorite coffee shop and our summer cold brews are now decorated with pumpkin spiced froth.
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Read MoreNote from Gillian: Where Inspiration Flows
Photo Credit: Gillian Christie 2023
My annual sojourn last week to Walden Pond refreshed my soul, inspired my scripting new poetry, reset priorities, and reconnected me with those who appreciated the simple beauty that abounds in the forest and in the human connection.
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Read MoreNote from Gillian: We CAN all Get Along
As a brand philosopher, critical decisions must be based on observation, research, analytical and emotional trend analysis, our evolving understanding of the human experience and yes, a dose of futurism.
Humans, as a life form,
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Read MoreNote from Gillian: Who Owns the Future?
On a recent mountain trail run, where I had the freedom, space, and self-generated motion to ponder life’s mysteries, an observation of the trail ahead offered a clear explanation of the essence of the nebulous concept: What is the future and who owns it?
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Read MoreNote from Gillian: The Freedom to Connect
There is magic in the freedom to connect. Through this connection stories are shared. Challenges viewed and resolved. Curiosities fulfilled. Deals made. Friendships built.
It’s incredible to see the innovation that continues to enable greater connection transcending distance and time,
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Read MoreNote from Gillian: The Wonders of Working
I have pondered since the term first surfaced… one’s work/life balance and its implication that these two concepts cannot and do not co-exist harmoniously. The current thrust is that one’s work is merely the revenue necessary to support all activities outside one’s professional activities.
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Read MoreNote from Gillian: It’s a Fact: We Need Truth
A quick spin through the world of media, infomercials, celebrity endorsements, Wall Street double-talk, scientific ‘discoveries,’ packaging, and even education has the majority of us scratching our cerebral universes striving to decipher fact from fiction.
From the most recent miracle cleanse to weight loss statements for a mis-utilized drug,
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