Messaging, Circles and Control
About three years ago I was lauding Google Plus to anyone that would listen. I loved the 'circles' feature for its ability to tailor your online content and personality to match the situation - like we do in the real world. Context. Circles provided control over the reach & visibility of the things you put on the Google Plus platform which was excellent. Unfortunately Google got almost everything else about it completely wrong and today although it exists, Google Plus …
- Messaging, Circles and Control
Winter Tyres
Car tyres, are well-important. They are the things that attach your car to the road, which is key to making sure it goes in the direction you want when you turn the steering wheel. Most tyres do what you want most of the time. Which is fine if you only drive "most of the time" but you don't. In the UK you drive when it's hot and when it's cold, when it's wet and when it's dry. Often you will …
- Winter Tyres
Be Inauthentic
This is a worthwhile thing to spend 20 minutes watching. A man called Mark Bowden giving a talk at TEDx Toronto in 2013. I suppose there are lots of resources on the internet and in the bookshops about body language, but Marks talk is excellent and entertaining. It explains why you need people on your side in the first place. If you ever have to give a talk or present something or convince someone, this will help you. …
- Be Inauthentic
Company Culture
Whatever your business is at some point it involves human beings. Making sure that they are happy and into what you do is key to being very successful. You can tick along without thinking (or caring) about the culture in your organisation but any time and effort saved will likely cost you in other ways. Recruitment, retention and managing the quality of your employees will all become more difficult if they just feel like they have "a job". If you …
- Company Culture
The South West
Not long back from a weeks holiday in the South West. I really do like that area of England, there's something about the power of the sea and how the beaches look. I have a longer-term aim to move there as soon as is practical. I mean What better than to own a boat floating in the harbour. On the way to the coast we spent a couple of nights in Dartmoor which was equally splendid and a very wild …
- The South West