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
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
New Job
I lived in the middle of London for five years. During that time, although my head-office was but ten minutes stroll away I worked daily with my clients at their offices. Over those years that meant three different commutes. A five hour round trip to Surrey on tube/national rail, a three hour on the train to West London and a slightly shorter one, also to West London. After that I moved my ass to the green green county of …
- New Job
It's a Mistry
I know a person with the surname Mistry, everything they ask me to do at work is overcomplicated and half solved. I call his requests “Mistryies” because they’re often indecipherable. Just a little insight into my life there for ye. …
- It's a Mistry