Article Written by forbes.com editor. In 2001, the World Trade Centers fell, and, like many New Yorkers, public relations executive Patrice Tanaka felt her world collapse. Crippled by depression, the tragedy of 9/11 coincided with multiple personal traumas: her husband was terminally ill, the company she had spent decades years building was crumbling around her…Read More

Patrice Tanaka, Co-Chair/CCO, CRT/tanaka, author and 1996 Matrix Award winner discusses her career in public relations and how ballroom dancing has helped her life and career.

Article Written by huffingtonpost.com editor. With the year drawing to a close and a fresh beginning on the horizon, there is no better time to examine the attitudes and strategies we adopt to cope with the vagaries of daily existence. In her new memoir, “Becoming Ginger Rogers: How Ballroom Dancing Made Me a Happier Woman, Better…Read More

Article posted on prweek.com. My post on Monday dealt with the dire consequences of a failure to collaborate, and on Wednesday I talked about thriving communities as an important byproduct of collaboration. Today’s post focuses on the role of collaboration in producing breakthrough creativity. America’s economic future does not look very bright right now – the result…Read More

Article posted on prweek.com. My post on Monday talked about “collaboration” as being key to survival and success. This is because an important byproduct of great collaboration is the creation of thriving communities. Pre-historic hunters were only able to hunt bigger game like mastodons when they banded together. Hunting bigger game enabled tribes to feed themselves, settle…Read More