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I was working through a tender last week from a public body with the usual stack of documents. The insurance section asked for employer’s liability at £10m, public liability at £5m and professional indemnity at £1m. Pass/fail. We don’t have employer’s liability insurance because we don’t employ anyone. Llarn is two directors and a pool… Read More Ask the question

Watching numbers

One of the posts I put out on LinkedIn last week did nothing. Very few views and almost no engagement. Another was seen by 30+ people every minute in the first hour and then…nothing. A third post was quiet for a couple of days and then ended up with many thousands of views. The numbers… Read More Watching numbers

Equinox

The two equinoxes in the year are a perfect time to pause and reflect. And you might expect a long post here about the movement of the Earth, our seasonal approach to business, and the natural points in the year when we’re encouraged to stop, take stock and review our progress. For me, the autumn… Read More Equinox

Host with the most

A new US podcast study has been published, and hosts matter. Of people with a favourite podcast, 82% said the host is a big part of why they listen, or the only reason they do. More than half said they’d stop or seriously think about it if that host left for good. Naturally I read… Read More Host with the most

Treating people like people

I’ve listened to John Helmer’s conversation with Erica Farmer on The Learning Hack and am lucky to say I know them both, so declare an interest, but it’s a VERY good episode. Erica makes a point that we’re rolling out AI much as we’ve rolled out HR systems before it: project plan, town hall, launch… Read More Treating people like people