#0379 All the Senses
Fava Beans take me back to my Compare’s kitchen table age 9ish.Salt-N-Pepa Push It transports me to summer 1989 on the dance floor with my mate Paul as DJ.The smell of red pasta sauce teleports…
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#0378 Perspective
“That’s what you remembered!” In a room full of workshop participants, the morning of day two I asked what each person had took away from the day before. No real surprise but everyones take was…
#0377 Salesdog Eddie
Our dog Eddie does not understand personal space. Right there, all day, every.single.day. He is not perfect, far from it but the joy he brings far outweighs the holes he digs in the lawn. The…
#0376 Pondering AI
Artificial Intelligence too is biased. From the designers, the coders and the input feeds unconsciously enforcing their views on what is right and what is wrong. It will eloquently merge the collective and continue to…
#0375 Topgun
Every week I have locked in a call with a couple of trusted comrades. During the call we share the ups and downs of the week. It is therapeutic, enlightening and motivating. Without a confidant…
#0374 Join the Dots
Thanks to a long line of bald men in my family, I have been shaving what is left on my noggin. During the winter months I lose a lot of heat so I wear a…
#0372 Misunderstandings
My Father would tuck me in super tight when I was 6 or so and sometimes I would claim that I could not get to sleep. He would say in his thick Southern Italian Australian…
#0371 Learnt Behaviour
Have you ever hung around someone with a strong and distinct characteristic that after just a little while you find yourself mimicking? Imagine a lifetime of picking up on all of these twitches, good or…
#0370 Benefit of the Doubt
Ghosted! At least I thought I was. Patiently waiting for someone to turn up to a prearranged meeting. It is frustrating. You do your best to make arrangements, turn up on time, ready to engage,…
#0369 Communication
Is good communication more important than a good product or service? I would argue they are at least on par. A great product that no-one knows about is worthless.An amazing service that people do not…
#0368 Calling Out Revenue Owners
Never have I ever met anyone responsible for revenue that says they are happy with the amount, quality and frequency of leads coming into their business. Not One. It is one of the great frustrations…
#0367 Sideways Thinking
At the dinner table we were discussing my middle daughters major where they get to design a solution to help the environment. The conversation veered quickly toward utilising the waste of one product to reuse,…
#0366 the Challenge is the Win
An Olympic athlete will train for years sometimes for as little as a 10 second event. Are they all mad? Surely it can not all be about the win at the end? These legends in…
#0365 You Need Both
I find myself torn between the certainty of process and the unpredictability of innovation. Process will give you repeatable outcomes with the ability to refine and improve small components which compound for a better result….
#0364 Opposing Viewpoint
Further validation will not help. If you are stuck on something, affirmation from others is not going to move you forward. Seek a different perspective. Someone in a different industry, role or world view. Someone…
#0362 Infinite Time
Why can Richard Branson, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and many others head several billion dollar companies whilst many of us struggle to get one thing ticked off our to-do list a day? It would be…
#0361 Effort & Sacrifice
If I were to guarantee you 10 Million dollars in cash today no strings attached would you take it? Probably yes right. If I were to guarantee you 10 Mill today but in exchange you…
#0360 The Formula
Hands up if you have ever grabbed a kebab from the nearest food truck after a big night at the pub? There is a reason there is often one parked right next to these establishments….
#0359 Deep Work
We have one of those robot vacuum cleaners downstairs in our family home mainly to keep Eddie’s dog hair at bay. This however only surface cleans and we must still deep clean on occasion otherwise…
#0358 Control the Narrative
If you ask 3 of your closest friends to describe you, the responses will be deep, varied and most likely heart warming. Ask 50 random people on the street and those responses will vary considerably,…