The workplace is like a great river. An environment with 3 main characters. The Rock. It’s heavy. It pulls people down. It pulls down ideas. It sits there – motionless. Cold and immovable. Everything flows on by around it. But the rock is oblivious to whats really going on. The big picture eludes the rock […]
If you’re an established business, 5 years or longer, have the systems in place and are wondering how to get to the next level – maybe you need to re-start like a startup… Here’s a few things to re-consider if you want growth. First 5 Years “Do whatever it takes”. Any job. Any hours. Any […]
Are you adding value to humans? Or writing to satisfy search engines? Lately, I’m finding myself drowning in a sea of dribble. Long winded blogs and articles that feel like they’ve forgotten who the real reader is. SEO experts will argue all day long about the length of content or you won’t rank. Good copywriters […]
End of year reveals insights into your mindset. As a business, are you winding down – taking your foot off the pedal, backing off your marketing because no one buys at this time of year now…. or Are you gearing up – already planned next years goals, implementing systems now, ramping up new creations and […]
Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it, and why other countries won’t follow suit. Listen to or download an audiobook of […]
Sport provides great lessons and insights into business. With endless metaphors about winning and failing, most times business reaps the benefits of sporting mentality. But in business, there’s still an old school perception that gets held as the litmus test of an individual – totally failing to take into account the qualities that makes an […]
Businesses need to stop thinking so linear. It’s not only costing some companies, it’s killing them. And worse yet, we as a society are still deep in the same ole traditions of training, teaching and governing that re-enforce linear-type thinking. Exponential growth is sweeping the world. It’s in technology. It’s in software. It’s in leadership […]
