"If I have seen further than others, it is by
standing upon the shoulders of giants" ~ Sir Isaac Newton
And there we have it. Throughout my career, I have
seen many significant changes in marketing practice and execution. In some
cases, I often felt like I was in the pioneering wave. While this may have been
true to some degree, I also realized early on that the leading edge I was
experiencing was built on the accomplishments and work product of those before
me. What I was involved with would have had no basis without what came before.
Even seismic changes are based on being the counterpoint to something previously
thought to be the standard.