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Young People Stop Just Texting Me And Give Me A Call Once In A While! PLZ Part Deux

Published: 6 December 2012

This week is the 20th anniversary of the 1st text. As a middle aged person I have mixed feeling about this. I can鈥檛 decide if it鈥檚 got worst or maybe better. This week I got messages by text, email, Twitter, Facebook, voice mail, phone, cell phone, in person and a fax! The fax brought back some fond memories 鈥 it鈥檚 been a while.

鈥 OgilvyOne CEO Brian Fetherstonhaugh (BCom鈥79), says, 鈥淚 talk to several thousand people in their 20鈥瞫 every year. I often make a point about texting and e-mail, 鈥楬ow many people have solved a difficult emotional topic via e-mail or text?鈥 So far, I haven鈥檛 found a single one.鈥澛

鈥 My colleagues Henry Mintzberg and Peter Todd talked about the importance of tone and gestures in a recent article in Strategy + Business, 鈥淢anaging is not a science; it is a subtle and nuanced practice, learned mostly on the job, through paying close attention to gestures and tone of voice.

-Article by Karl Moore

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