Management Consulting
Embrace Disrupting Your Industry to Better Your Organization’s Competitiveness
Who and what is disrupting your industry? This simple question and the complicated response is critical data that most CEOs are contemplating on an hourly basis. If you ask, your CEO is likely to reply that she is, in fact, the disruptor or is worried about being disrupted. If you think disruption is occurring, take…
Read MoreA Global Conversation Inspires Us to Create the New Safe, Inclusive and Equitable Workplace
In the blur of a massive global disruption, taking time to occasionally stop and listen to other people in different situations can be a wonderful gift. Last week, our team at Tunheim had the opportunity to connect, listen and learn how members of our IPREX Global Communication network in 110 cities are being impacted by…
Read MoreA Time of Reckoning
As a firm that advises clients on strategic communications opportunities and challenges, my colleagues and I know that words matter; but we also spend considerable time and energy understanding the context for communications. We believe that active listening is, in fact, the most important part of effective communication. And it has never seemed more difficult…
Read MoreA Path Forward
Words matter – I have built much of my career and my reputation on the truth of that fact. What we say and how we say it conveys so much, including what is in our heads and what is in our hearts. Part of the heartache of these past two weeks in my city, Minneapolis,…
Read MoreNot Your Grandfather’s Workforce: Generation Z and the Side Hustle
They are more tech savvy than millennials. They are more liberal than you were at their age. They don’t know high school without Instagram and have never been on MySpace. They crave authenticity and can see right through you when you fake it. We think of them as teens, but they are also our college…
Read MorePodcast: 2 Key Things Every US Brand Should Consider Under the New USMCA Trade Deal
The Wall Street Journal is dominated by headlines pointing to looming impacts from the US trade wars with the rest of the world. The market is in whiplash mode, manufacturers are signaling difficult days ahead and President Trump is attacking The Fed saying its decision to raise rates is threatening what has been a booming…
Read MoreNot Your Grandfather’s Workforce
THE GIG ECONOMY AND ITS RIPPLE EFFECT ON TRADITIONAL BUSINESS The economy is changing quickly – and it’s vital to your business to evolve with it. Recent reports show that workers are leaving their jobs in the “gig economy” to join the traditional workforce. However, the gig economy is still alive and thriving, and the…
Read MoreKathy Tunheim Named A 2017 Most Admired CEO
Tunheim’s CEO, Kathy Tunheim, has been named a 2017 Most Admired CEO by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal. This award honors industry leaders who are successfully leading their growing businesses and devoting their time and skills to the community. Kathy is a talented, compassionate leader and we are pleased to see her receive this much-deserved…
Read MoreTunheim Named Public Relations Agency of Record for Select Comfort Corp
Tunheim has been named consumer public relations agency of record for Twin Cities-based Select Comfort Corp., creator of the Sleep Number bed. In winning the business, Tunheim built a team comprising key capabilities from IPREX, its network of 115 independent communication offices worldwide. Sleep Number began its search for a communications agency earlier last year in…
Read MoreRethinking in 2017: Change is Happening
We’re one week into the New Year, which means you are probably digging out and setting your priorities for 2017. Before any more time goes by… Take a moment and ask yourself, “What are you Rethinking this year?” Think change is happening too fast? Consider this: The pace of change will never be slower than it…
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