faux pas

Stop worrying about a “loose cannon” coworker jeopardizing your company’s reputation with this one weird tip from 17th-century France!

May 21, 2018

Communication, Culture, Small Business, Technology

Alexander Dumas, faux pas, interview, microphone, speaker, The Man in the Iron Mask

The issue: Sometimes, a representative for a company causes a public relations disaster by saying something dumb on camera (Figure 1). Obviously, we’d like to avoid this. But although it’s easy to avoid interview disasters over email (just have a PR department filter the outgoing emails), this doesn’t work for real-time in-person interactions. Proposal: Fortunately,…
Bring civility back to the universe with this one incredible object that fits in your wallet!

Dec 4, 2017

Culture

driver’s license points, faux pas, infractions, jerk card, jerk category, punch card, social infraction, swear jar, the jerk store called, you’re their all time best seller

The issue: It’s hard to believe, but sometimes people are jerks. Most people are also bad at apologies. But, what if, after committing some transgression, you could apologize and easily demonstrate your sincerity? Proposal: The “jerk card” provides this opportunity: if you feel like you were a jerk, but aren’t sure how to apologize, you can…