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Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions
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Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.

I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.

Tag: advertising

  • Guarantees and formulas are ruining businesses

    There’s a belief that if you can just find the right formula, the right framework, the right sequence of steps, then outcomes can be predicted, controlled, and even guaranteed. This thinking provides some assurance, but it rests on a deeply flawed premise: that business operates like a closed system In reality business is shaped by…

    Giselle

    April 8, 2026
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations
    advertising, assumptions, belief systems, business formulas, business models, closed systems, consumer behavior, credibility, critical thinking, expertise, frameworks, illusions, market shifts, persistence, Richard Branson, risk management, security, strategy, success guarantees, success stories, timing, uncertainty
  • The Visionary Who Forced Madison Avenue to Take Black Buying Power Seriously

    Picture America in 1970. Corporate boardrooms were almost entirely white and male. Major advertisers on Madison Avenue—the nerve center of U.S. marketing—saw the “general market” as code for white consumers. Black households, though representing billions of dollars in purchasing power, were either ignored or caricatured. Into that landscape stepped Earl G. Graves Sr. Brooklyn-born to…

    Giselle

    September 19, 2025
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations, 🔄 Client Systems, 🧠 Zone of Genius
    advertising, BET, black economic power, black economy, Black Enterprise Magazine, Earl G. Graves, entrepreneurship, equity, execution, Madison Avenue, marketing, persuasion, preparation, success, vision, Zone of Genius
  • Are you irreplaceable?

    I was never a fan of mass marketing or advertising. I always felt that the more we could customize messages to our potential clients the better we would do. I loved the advent of one to one marketing and the evolution of customizing digital print. It meant you could send a letter with someone’s name…

    Giselle

    July 11, 2025
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations, 🔄 Client Systems, Strategic Sensemaking
    advertising, business, clarity, Content Marketing, digital-marketing, gaping void, influencers, marketing, messaging, results, sales, Social Media
  • How do you choose a teacher or coach?

    Most of us who train never believed it possible to do the things we now do. But we trusted the teacher who told us we could do it if we would just try. And the teacher was right. jennifer lawler In July of 2011 Seth Godin wrote a piece called the arrogance of willful ignorance.…

    Giselle

    May 28, 2021
    Strategic Sensemaking
    advertising, curriculum marketing, education based marketing, Lester Wunderman, marketing, selling, Seth Godin, trust
  • Get your business abuzz with a buzz piece

    Any business owner, who has had more than ten minutes of conversation with me, knows that I usually suggest they create a special report or something free and dowloadable on their Web sites so customers can give their name and email in exchange for this information. Surprisingly no one has taken my advice. I have…

    Giselle

    September 2, 2010
    Strategic Sensemaking
    advertising, buzz piece, freelancers, marketing, promotion, solo professionals, special reports, writing
  • “Oh so you’re freelancing…”

    When I first decided that I would go into business for myself I started off handling print projects for clients. It was a natural progression as my last job was with a print company – and I knew print well. Then I expanded and started providing solutions for marketing and advertising. I also provided in…

    Giselle

    August 30, 2010
    Strategic Sensemaking
    advertising, freelancing, International Freelancers Day, jobs, marketing, MBA, print production, The Wealthy Freelancer
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