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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Who’s Really at Fault Here?

I was just listening to the Jackson Browne song “Lives in the Balance” while working on some writing about anti-corporatism. How ironic that that song came on the radio at that particular time. The notion of “Who’s really at fault here?,” popped into my mind upon hearing the anti-corporate lyrics:

“They sell us the president the [...]

Greenpeace . . . Will You Use “Semantical Terrorism” in Social Media?

In last Thursday’s post, entitled “Greenpeace, CNN, and Sloppy Research,” I referenced a May 24, 2010 CNN.com article “Social Media Can Help Save the Planet, Says Greenpeace Boss” and said that there were two problems in that CNN article. The first problem, sloppy research, you and I discussed last Thursday. Today, you and I will [...]

In the Long Run . . . We’re All Dead.

A few weeks ago, I was a panelist at the 10th Annual Symposium on Communication, The Future of Communication, held at Bernard Baruch College, City University of New York, in the Big Apple. The panel’s topic, “More than Friending: Social Media and Communication in Business and Education,” provided for a lively discussion about social media and [...]

Fanning the Flames of Anti-Corporatism?

Anti-corporatism is a necessary condition to the success of anti-corporate digital activism. The reason is self-evident. And last Friday, April 16, 2010, the U.S. federal government added some heat to the flames of anti-corporatism.

Whether or not the fraud charges filed by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) against Goldman Sachs have any merit is immaterial [...]

Two Sides to the Coin of Corporate Power

A quick idea for today.

Currently I am reading When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten. Among anti-corporate thinkers, this book is touted as one of the leading works in modern anti-corporate theory. I’m only up to page 65 so far, but I must say that, although overall I don’t agree with David’s point of [...]

Think Global, Act Local on Childhood Obesity

“Think Global(ly), Act Local(ly)” is the mantra of many NGOs and activist groups. Aside from yet another two adverbs taking it on the chin, this is a central theme to many of their strategies.

Recently the White House announced the signing of an executive order establishing a task force to fight childhood obesity. The executive order [...]

There Is Only One Jobs Program Going On Now

This is the first post in my newly created Ideas category.

This category will contain very brief posts addressing random insights that occur to me, well, randomly. I’m jotting them down here because this is a web log, after all. And I’d like to keep track of them for possible incorporation into a future book or article. [...]

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