This week has that definite back to school feeling, even if you don’t have kids in the school system or aren’t in the formal education system yourself. I’ve learnt three things this week: What my car alarm sounds like That my car zapper actually has a key inside it How to fix the back door […]
Blogging for business
Why storytelling will always be important to businesses
What’s your favourite founder’s story? Could be Virgin, Innocent, Glossier…all businesses with great stories. Now, what about their best revenue numbers, or EBITDA? Why is that? Simple. Your brain gets more excited by stories When you hear facts and data, then a few bits of your brain light up. If you’re fascinated by this […]
The art of not thinking (and finding the answer)
There is an addiction to being busy, to accounting for every minute of our time. Corporate environments don’t help, where time at the desk certainly used to be the measure of effort and achievement. For anyone working in an industry where timesheets were the norm, then this would all be amplified. When your time is […]
Why you can’t codify success
Big firms are obsessed with repeating previous successes, of doing it all over again and getting even bigger results next time. They talk a lot about how you codify success. But what if your biggest success is based on a fluke, a stroke of luck, being in the right place at the right time, or […]
What to do about the football
Apparently there is a big football match on this evening. In this household it’s a complete non-event. Not that I’m not patriotic, but I’ve never been into football. Apart from that brief period of being a season ticket holder at Crystal Palace. The things we do for “love”. But that aside, what do you do […]