Richard Telofski

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Telofski is a competitive strategy analyst. Specializing in anti-corporate activism, he examines the actions of "irregular competitors" (i.e., activists and NGOs) and how those organizations impact business from within online and offline media.

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The Warm and Fuzzy Side of the Anti-Corporate Movement

When you think of the anti-corporate movement usually images of protest and boycott come to mind, with all the rancor, derision, and conflict that come with such things. Think the word “anti-corporate” and our conditioning often leads us into the realm of serious, heavy, and sometimes troubling thoughts.

Well, not today.

Today, think cute. Think warm and [...]

The Bully Pulpit of Activism

By now the controversy of Climate Gate (climategate) is well-publicized and even starting to simmer down somewhat. Simmer down in the media that is, but perhaps not in the hearts and minds of those deep in the fray and on either side of the issue. Perhaps at this point, the global warming activists are licking their [...]

Who Says Doing the Right Thing is “Right?”

A couple days ago I finished a really great book, Contention and Corporate Social Responsibility by Sarah A. Soule. Although, I purchased this book while wanting to obtain more information about the structure of anti-corporate activism, I bought this book because I also wanted to get additional information on corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, which [...]

“Irregular Competition” – The Newest Threat

Competition comes in several classes. Let’ discuss.

First of all, you, as a business person, have obviously known about the class of “direct” competitors since you went into business, and probably you have known about this class of competitor as far back as those tender years when you were first able to sit up and [...]

Activism or Just Keeping Your Mouth Shut?

An opinion article about childhood obesity and activism recently appeared in the The Daily Camera, the daily newspaper for Boulder, Colorado.

The article was written by  J. Justin Wilson, who is the Senior Research Analyst at the Center for Consumer Freedom, (CCF) a nonprofit coalition supported by restaurants, food companies and consumers to promote personal responsibility [...]

Activist or Corporation. Who’s the Hero?

People who keep all of these things moving are the real heroes.

Archetypes. Webster’s defines them as a “recurrent symbol in literature, art, or mythology.” With reference to psychology Webster’s continues by saying that, in regard to Jungian psychology, archetypes are “a primitive mental image inherited from the earliest human ancestors,” images which are “supposed to be [...]

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