I have been blogging about the strategic use of swearing (see here and here), which was originally inspired by Dan McGinn's great post at Hbr on "Should Leaders Ever Swear?" This was followed by a podcast at Hbr where I talked about the same subject. NPR got wind of all this and I was interviewed for a story that aired on NPR, on All Things Considered. It is called "Power Players and Profanity", and it a four minute segment that covers characters from Carol Bartz and Michelle Obama, to Presidents Obama and Bush, to General George Patton. Here is a little excerpt from the transcript:
Gen. Patton was once quoted as saying, "When I want it to stick, I give it to them loud and dirty." Sutton says that's consistent with the idea that words are just tools in an executive toolbox. "Sometimes, when you really need that wallop,...
Gen. Patton was once quoted as saying, "When I want it to stick, I give it to them loud and dirty." Sutton says that's consistent with the idea that words are just tools in an executive toolbox. "Sometimes, when you really need that wallop,...
- 7/15/2010
- by Robert I. Sutton, PhD
- Fast Company
'It's a huge deal,' frontman Damian Kulash says of the inclusion of new song 'Shooting the Moon.'
By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Matt Elias
Ok Go's Timothy Jay Nordwind and Damian Kulash
Photo: MTV News
For most of the early part of their career, Ok Go have been known as "the treadmill band" after scoring a massive viral hit with their video for "Here It Goes Again," a lo-fi affair that featured the band performing a tightly choreographed, all-in-one-take dance on a series of treadmills. Now they hope to graduate to a level that Paramore and Muse both know well: the "Twilight" band.
The group contributed a brand-new song called "Shooting the Moon" to the soundtrack for the upcoming film "New Moon."
"We're flattered," frontman Damian Kulash told MTV News. "It's a really amazing set of bands. It's a huge deal. We grew up listening to...
By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Matt Elias
Ok Go's Timothy Jay Nordwind and Damian Kulash
Photo: MTV News
For most of the early part of their career, Ok Go have been known as "the treadmill band" after scoring a massive viral hit with their video for "Here It Goes Again," a lo-fi affair that featured the band performing a tightly choreographed, all-in-one-take dance on a series of treadmills. Now they hope to graduate to a level that Paramore and Muse both know well: the "Twilight" band.
The group contributed a brand-new song called "Shooting the Moon" to the soundtrack for the upcoming film "New Moon."
"We're flattered," frontman Damian Kulash told MTV News. "It's a really amazing set of bands. It's a huge deal. We grew up listening to...
- 10/13/2009
- MTV Music News
'It's a huge deal,' frontman Damian Kulash says of the inclusion of new song 'Shooting the Moon.'
By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Matt Elias
Ok Go's Timothy Jay Nordwind and Damian Kulash
Photo: MTV News
For most of the early part of their career, Ok Go have been known as "the treadmill band" after scoring a massive viral hit with their video for "Here It Goes Again," a lo-fi affair that featured the band performing a tightly choreographed, all-in-one-take dance on a series of treadmills. Now they hope to graduate to a level that Paramore and Muse both know well: the "Twilight" band.
The group contributed a brand-new song called "Shooting the Moon" to the soundtrack for the upcoming film "New Moon."
"We're flattered," frontman Damian Kulash told MTV News. "It's a really amazing set of bands. It's a huge deal. We grew up listening to...
By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Matt Elias
Ok Go's Timothy Jay Nordwind and Damian Kulash
Photo: MTV News
For most of the early part of their career, Ok Go have been known as "the treadmill band" after scoring a massive viral hit with their video for "Here It Goes Again," a lo-fi affair that featured the band performing a tightly choreographed, all-in-one-take dance on a series of treadmills. Now they hope to graduate to a level that Paramore and Muse both know well: the "Twilight" band.
The group contributed a brand-new song called "Shooting the Moon" to the soundtrack for the upcoming film "New Moon."
"We're flattered," frontman Damian Kulash told MTV News. "It's a really amazing set of bands. It's a huge deal. We grew up listening to...
- 10/13/2009
- MTV Movie News
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