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Security Awareness – Don’t Just Train…Advertise!
Information Security Awareness is an Everyday Activity…An Advertising Approach Can Help! It’s well known that the human factor accounts for the vast majority of information security incidents. So, in addition to all the dollars being spent on technology solutions, companies typically spend the majority of their efforts on training, tracking and measurement. I get that […]
Comedians Launch Privacy & Info Security Employee Awareness Communication Campaign
CHICAGO, April 26, 2017 – L&E, a network of comedians, musicians and writers who focus on employee engagement, communication and corporate education, has launched their newest subscription library, the L&E Privacy & Info Security Suites, to help companies raise and maintain employee awareness about the risks associated with this increasingly troublesome topic. The Suites are […]
Gladwell, Advertising & Influencing Corporate Culture
I recently reread The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell and was struck by the many principles that have applicability to corporate learning and corporate culture. It underscores the thinking that behaviors can be influenced and shaped by regular, positive, proactive communication. Here are a few thoughts. Fundamental Attribution Error: This social psychology principle states that […]
Comedians Developing New Info Security Employee Engagement & Awareness Campaign – Partnership Opportunity – 2 Spots Left
L&E is excited to announce our next multi-company funded development project…this time we’re building a suite of fun, advertising-like employee engagement communications focused on Information Security awareness! As comedians and musicians we will continue to leverage entertainment and fun as the primary vehicles for communication with an emphasis on music and multimedia – songs, music […]
Candid Camera, Conformity & Corporate Culture
I’m old enough to know who Alan Funt is without having to look it up on Wikipedia. For those of you not in the know, Candid Camera was a popular prank shows prior to Punk’d, Impractical Jokers and the like. A client of mine sent me this clip to discuss the perils of groupthink and now […]
Press Release: Launching L&E Culture, Code & Speak Up Suites
A Music and Multimedia Approach to Helping Ethics and Compliance Entertain, Educate and Engage Employees Introducing the L&E Culture, Code & Speak Up Suites, the initial offering from Learnings & Entertainments CHICAGO, September 26, 2016 – Learnings & Entertainments (L&E), a creative services and content provider with roots in the improv comedy community, has launched […]
The Power of Fun
Are you familiar with the “Fun Theory?” At it’s foundation, it states that “fun is the easiest way to change people’s behavior for the better” Here is an example – the Piano Stairs. You can see more great examples at http://www.thefuntheory.com/. The Fun Theory in Business In the 1970’s, Video Arts introduced the business […]
Variety is the Spice of *Corporate* Life
“the really interesting question is why dullness proves to be such a powerful impediment to attention. Why we recoil from the dull. Maybe it’s because dullness is intrinsically painful” -David Foster Wallace This is how most employees feel about their corporate training and communications. Dullness is intrinsically painful. We’re all frogs slowly being […]
The Forgetting Curve is Steep – Start “Invertising”
Here are the results of a completely unscientific survey. Please rank these in order of preference, with 10 being the most annoying. You are forced to share an office with your loud eating, aromatic, talkative co-worker You are stuck in traffic with all stations tuned to a Bieber marathon You hear your dentist say, “oh that’s […]
Your Company Needs You To Unlock Your “Inner-Artist”
“Have you ever been on stage or been a performer?” is a question I like to ask when I meet new people. The responses you get are really interesting and sometimes quite fun. Unfortunately, “Oh I’m not creative” Is a common response. #teardrop. Or sometimes their eyes light up and you learn that they played […]