Communication is impossible to get right. You have individuals with similar but different needs sitting in different roles with different personality profiles to contend with. Not to mention the timing and delivery of said communication…
A neighbour asked me why I rake my lawn when there will be leaves on it again tomorrow. You could say the same for cleaning your house or brushing your teeth but that would not…
The board keeps rejecting the us. Your idea may be valid, it may truly save the organisation time or money or gain new customers but they keep saying no regardless. Sound familiar? The reason is…
The longer something exists the better it must become just to remain current. As things get better, that becomes the new minimum standard and anything less reduces perceived value. Cars are a great example of…
Booking a dental appointment where I go is like pulling teeth. You have to call, wait in a queue for who knows how long, listen to their self promotion and how much they “value my…
They must go hand in hand. No point reading a book or doing a course if you do not put your learnings into practice. Theory is just that until you implement and test for yourself….
I am definitely guilty. Meet on Zoom rather than face to face.Automate a report.Outsource repetitive tasks.Walk the shortest distance. In the spirit of efficiency if there is a shortcut we are likely to take it….
Not far from where I live is a great little coffee shop with absolutely no parking within a 10 minute walk and sadly I never see it busy. Just down the road is one that…
I could not see it until I got on my hands and knees. In fact it looked pretty good from where I was standing and that was the problem. If we continue to judge and…
People, places, sounds, experiences, colours, smells and flavours all do it. When thinking about injecting stories into business at first you may struggle to know where to start. You may be doing it from an…
The answer is right in front of you. After rebooting everything and resorting to using an old pair of headphones I was embarrassed for myself when I realised the volume was turned down. We overcomplicate…
Hands up if you remember having to take film to be developed before you could see if you had taken any good photos or not. We are talking days, weeks or even months between the…
Just because it did not work the first time does not mean it never will. Too often I hear “we tried that and it didn’t work” “Don’t sweat the small stuff” should really be “Don’t…
The amount of energy to get there is enormous. You have spent weeks, maybe months nurturing the relationship super generous along the way. Finally the opportunity arises, the timing is right so you hit them…
How much better can it possibly get? Much better is likely the response however when we get to good enough, we turn on autopilot. When a recipe works, we continue to do it that way…
Forget big hairy audacious goals… focus on forming habits. Achieving the big stuff is purely the end result of getting a lot of small things done. So instead of dreaming of the goals yet lacking…
I cannot tell you how many times I have missed the last step heading down into our basement. Sure it is often dark, but I know it is there!! A huge number of motor vehicle…
I have been teaching our middle daughter how to drive a manual car. The first lesson was mostly spent in the driveway on the verge of tears (mine) but after just a few we are…
Hunters and gatherers would stockpile food to get them through the winter.Bears fatten up before hibernation. As a business there are two things you should have fattened up to cope with the inevitable business winters….
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…