by snarly | Jun 5, 2014 | Bropology, Corporate Apologies, Media Apologies
Dov Seidman haz a sad. Surely you remember Dov. When the NYT announced it was launching a blog called Apology Watch, to be spearheaded by biz macher Aaron Andrew Sorkin, Mr. Seidman (an ethical image consultant to businesses) was the expert contributor. We promptly...
by snarly | May 14, 2014 | Academic apologies, Apology Essentials, Corporate Apologies, Personal Apologies
Our pal Michael Orbach pointed us (via boing boing) toward Professor Ben Ho’s look at the economic value of apologies. Here’s what Ho, an assistant professor of economics at Vassar, says about the existing research. If you do it right, apology is good for...
by snarly | Mar 30, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies
Despite the headline (“James Van Der Beek Apologizes to Mike Birbiglia”) this is not an apology. James Van Der Beek never actually says “I’m sorry I gave you a look of horror when you said we looked alike…and I’m ALSO sorry that I...
by snarly | Mar 24, 2014 | Corporate Apologies
Remember our dainty feminine foot-stomping when New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin decided to launch a feature called Apology Watch, with the help of business consultant Dov Seidman? Remember how Sorkin wouldn’t reply to our emails? (Though we did hear...
by snarly | Feb 6, 2014 | Corporate Apologies
In which SorryWatch winds up bleeding and blinking on the mat, staring up at the sneering face of the New York Times business section, barely remembering its own name! Here’s what happened. On Tuesday, the @nytimes Twitter account asked for crowdsourcing help...