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The Light of Life
The below article which I found on Astrobiology is potentially mind-blowing. The development of an instrument that recognises living matter from a distance of 2 kilometers and at a velocity of 70 kph. I’ll let you deep dive into it, but at its core, the development of this new elaborate device could be useful on…
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The 1,000 year stare – How Stripe are building a business by thinking like a civilization
This brilliantly constructed article examines Patrick and John Collison, the co-founders of Stripe, a technology payments company whose mission is to ‘increase the GDP of the internet.’ It’s a long read – so I chose not to try and summarise it like I do with other long forms – but I think very worthwhile. In…
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Watch: To be a Paralympian, there must be something wrong with you
Utterly inspired by the incredible trailer for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. 5 years culmination of blood, sweat and tears. So worth watching, I challenge you not to be excited about this years Games after watching it.
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What shall I charge? A simple model to gauge price sensitivity
Regardless of what we tell ourselves, we tend to price our products and services by benchmarking them against what we currently offer or have always charged. There are easy assumptions to be made on what a client ‘would think is too expensive’, or likewise, ‘too cheap’. But have you ever actually asked? How much do…
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Busy is easy, thinking is hard – here’s an idea to help with the latter
I loved this cracking little idea to encourage founders to think about their business each day. Taken from the book ‘The Road Less Stupid‘, I came across it via an email from David Hieatt, Co founder of ‘Do Lectures’ and Hiut Denim (I’m a big fan of both). Why prioritise ‘thinking’ when we’re already at breaking…
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Poem: The Guy in the Glass
The Guy in the Glass by Dale Wimbrow, (c) 1934 When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf, And the world makes you King for a day, Then go to the mirror and look at yourself, And see what that guy has to say. For it isn’t your Father, or Mother, or…
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Why you should read difficult books (and take this test to find out your reading level)
So many books, so little time. So how should you choose your next tome? Well according to this little article from Huffpost, you should pass on the easy ‘holiday’ reads and head straight for the ones which challenge you. I’m talking those big idea books, or those books that delve so eloquently into a subject…
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Watch: Culture and Furlough with Lyndsey Best of Altair Media
I’ve called this video between myself and Lyndsey Best of Altair Media ‘Culture and Furlough’ though in truth the ‘lessons’ from our chat can and should be considered regardless of a global pandemic. Lyndsey, as you’ll glean from our conversation, is a contrarian. She freely admits that she likes to push back when things…
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The currency of kindness
Recently, during a growth planning workshop, a client team challenged me to re-engineer my well-proven approach to thinking about business worth. They wanted to attribute a value to “doing good” in their planning. They wanted to find a way to quantify kindness. [Spoiler: we haven’t succeeded yet – but we are actively working on it].…
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7 behaviours that can transform your life
I sometimes wonder about sharing articles like this because at first glance it appears to have nothing to do with business (and might also seem a little ‘heard it all before’). But as a coach, I know that learning how to be your most authentic self transforms not just your personal life, but the way…
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Quadruple your thank you’s
There is a remarkable power that is borne out of saying thank you. Promotions and salary increases are one thing, but as organisations face strained budgets and burned-out workforces, the time is now to thank your team, and regularly. Research shows that people don’t really ‘hear’ praise, so you need to do it four times…
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Fake news, neglect and the horror of transparency We’re talking TIMESHEETS
Timesheets. Nevermind, I’ve lost you, haven’t I? Once your eyes have rolled back to the correct position from the back of your head, I really, really think I’ve got something here that’s worth your time reading, watching and listening to. Timesheets are not sexy business chat. I’ll give you that. I’ve never seen a team…
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Top tips: how to use your phone, so it doesn’t use you.
‘But what will I use as my alarm?’ I’ve come to realise that talking to someone about their phone usage is often like giving a swimming lesson at the bottom of the lake – anyone who needs the instruction has likely left it a little too late (I include myself in this analogy). But kick…
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Download: effective meetings checklist
This effective meetings checklist is a simple go-to for anyone running, attending or considering attending a meeting. Distribute it to your team, print the sections applicable to you, print it out and put it on your meeting room doors, encourage your team to hold you and themselves accountable for good meeting etiquette in future, read it,…
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Watch: two seats left… would you sit?
Whilst not wishing to be someone who has to read into everything to the nth degree, have a watch of this Carlsberg advert and take a moment to be a little bit curious about your own prejudices. Would you take the last two seats? A funny and thought provoking 2-minute video…
