Archive of posts from March 2020

You May Have Heard Email Is Dying

You may have heard that email is dying.

What Does A Virtual Office Mean To You?

A lot of virtual working is taking place today.

While Quarantined

While many are being asked to work from home during the global coronavirus pandemic, there is concern that the market will contract and less work will get done.

Think For Yourself & Lead

An ode to thinking for yourself and leading others well:

Create More

What are you not creating right now that you know you should be?

Celebrating The Ride

I’ve long thought that business culture should spend less time celebrating “success” (in the way it defines success today) and more time celebrating “the ride”.

If You Want To Be Successful

How many catchphrases like these have you seen in your life?

Look For The Important Bits

It can be tricky to spot the important bits sometimes.

The Art Of NOT Doing

We feel good about ourselves when we get a lot done.

You’re Confusing Everyone

What’s important right now?

“Will It Make Us Successful?”

If you’ve ever asked yourself this question while trying to make a buying decision, you’re likely in one of two places:

Gig Economy VS Commodity Economy

We’ve all heard the term “Gig Economy” before.

Designing An Experience, “But How Does It Feel”?

It seems to go against all logic. And it totally does:

Fighting For Something

If you visit Mozilla’s brand guidelines, you’re met with two big boxes that say:

Overwhelm As A Superpower

Is feeling overwhelmed good or bad?

A Race To The Death

Having drive can make life full of life, or a race to the death.

Non-Linear Impact Creation

When you spot a problem, do you offer the obvious solution that everyone else offers, or do you first consider the world of possibilities available to you (and to them)?

Beyond Making An Impact

“The impact you have is literally worldwide”.

Worst-Case-Scenario Tasks

Anyone who’s built a business knows how important worst-case-scenario tasks are.

Don’t Fear The Tools

The market loves a “killer tool”, doesn’t it?

Some Tasks Are Meant To Be Hard

Making hard things easy is a big part of what we do in business.

Time Is More Than Money

They say time is money.

Innovation That Kills Innovation

Uber innovated on what it means to hire a cab.

Why GTD?

I never quite understood GTD aficionados.

Your Marketing Is Not Done

“We have all we need from a marketing standpoint.” – Many business owners

Stress Optional

Is stress an optional ingredient to the pursuit of making a difference?

Opportunity, Not Problems

Is your organization fully GDPR compliant?

Sale Or No Sale

Either way, you win:

Creativity in Marketing

“Use this landing page template for RESULTS.”

Why You’re Creating

This is a tricky one to touch on because it can be hard enough to shake people into producing before consuming at the best of time.

What You’re Known For

This is particularly important if you do work that matters (you do, right?)