Every Friday on my business LinkedIn account I celebrate the people who have engaged, motivated, inspired, and generally been positive in the previous week. Last Friday I realised halfway through compiling the list it was just women. It’s not hard to amplify when people do good things. Men, take note.
I was listening to a podcast last week and the actor Jason Isaacs mentioned how the first 20 minutes of films have changed. In the not too distant past, people would settle into the cinema and the film makers had 20 minutes to get people familiar with the background and context. We’re now in a… Read More The first 20 minutes
We often use the word ignorance when we talk about people who choose to ignore advice and guidance. A better word is amathia. Its meaning is disputed but is more about wilful blindness, and has been defined as the opposite of wisdom. Ignorance is not knowing; Amathia is not learning. It’s OK to be ignorant… Read More Having an opinion
Your best work won’t be recognised by how it’s written, by its visual design or its brevity. It’ll be by how people engage and share it. People don’t listen to the anonymous company – they listen to the people within it. The power of a single voice explaining how something worked to half a dozen… Read More Your best work
I was at football earlier in the week. A dull 0-0 draw with few chances of note and particularly unexciting football. After a few positive results we’d hyped ourselves up into expecting a win and, when it didn’t come, felt disappointed. I did, however, get to spend time with my son there and back, eating… Read More Event mania
Lost and Desperate 