What would you do if your top three employees disappeared?
You, your sales, marketing, operations and communications team are all booked to travel to a conference. At the last moment, you’re delayed. You send them on ahead. Now, imagine the unimaginable. They...
View ArticleThe right brain, left brain thing and content curation
A Why You Must Blog contribution to the monthly Word Carnival hosted by Tea Silvestre, The Word Chef The left brain, we are told, exists to compute, criticise and assess. Logic, order, numbers,...
View ArticleMaster barter and become a key person of influence
Are you familiar with the Trough Cycle*? Opportunity abounds. You’re awash with ideas. Each one promises greater success and more money. You embrace each with enthusiasm. If the expected return is not...
View ArticleCan I solve your problem?
What could she do about this? A young psychologist explained that she regularly did government-funded assessment tests on very young children with potential learning disorders. The process troubled...
View ArticleOutsource. Work ‘in flow’ and eschew the Peter Principle!
This is a Word Carnival post, hosted by Tea Silvestre, the Word Chef. Have you heard of the Peter Principle? I first heard of it not long after Laurence J Peter and Raymond Hull posited the theory in...
View ArticleConversations with my list? A piece of cake.
Scenario One Dear list, So much has been happening, I have to share it with you . . . What? Leaving already? Please wait. You won’t regret it. Phhew, thanks for staying. Sorry? Am I selling something?...
View ArticleClans. It’s a revolution, well, you know.
revolution |ˌrevəˈloō sh ən a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organised, or in people’s ideas about it. Increasing entrepreneurship + digital renaissance =...
View ArticleAn appeal to you, the A-lister
You’ve held a privileged position. You’ve been in my ear and in my inbox for years. I’ve given you my eye and brainspace. As have millions more. Here’s a quote that’s resonated for years. Wrongly...
View ArticleWhat’s not possible?
As the thundering strains of Thus Sprach Zarathustra rose to a crescendo, the apes cowered beneath a towering black monolith. The sun rose behind it and they saw in its rays the bone that would soon...
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