Sunday Dispatches
Norway vs England
(The Real Match)
Back in 1975 I had the honour of representing Northamptonshire Scouts at the Scout’s 14th Jamboree
Words
This is my archive of dispatches, posts, and notes.
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Absence of context
Just look at the image that goes with this post.
There’s a lot going on, right?
It’s abstract,
Guide not Guru
I was surprised when this post came up in my LinkedIn feed.
Guide not guru. That’s me?
It’s
Maximum Attention
I remember walking out of a meeting thinking I’d done a good job. I persuaded, got my points across,
The Catalyst
I remember the first time it happened.
The client looked me straight in the eye and said...
"That'
How to influence decisions
Just overheard someone in a coffee shop.
Tearing a rival firm's approach apart.
Buyers who hear this kind
Your Impossible Future
Looking beyond what you once thought possible.
That's how you get breakthrough thinking.
But that vision - without relentless
Killing me softly
Are you killing the impact of your pitch?
The wrong move.
Someone asks you to pitch.
You open the deck.
We're all underachievers.
We're all underachievers.
It's not that we slack off.
Quite the contrary, most of us work
Transformational Change
Think you know your arse from your elbow?
Or a hare from a rabbit?
Some people get confused I know.
Sunday Dispatches
Reframe! #21
3 things that made me think differently and why they matter.
❗This is the last Weekly Reframe for now. Taking
Sunday Dispatches
Reframe! #20
💡I was travelling this past week and for a few more days - so a very short and sweet email this
Legacy
Victorian industrialist Henry Davis Pochin bought the Bodnant estate.
Over 200 years later the hillside property is a world-class
Sense of relief
I had a sense of relief,
not euphoria.
Of course there was champagne,
lots if it. Magnum bottles.
And cigars,
Mild inconvenience
It was a mild inconvenience.
You know the motorway holdup.
When you’ve got an important event, something you absolutely
Expressible in a single sentence
From an interview with Jonathan Harris
Then I had a mentor in Italy when I was working at Fabrica. Sadly,
Sunday Dispatches
Reframe! #19
3 things that made me think differently and why they matter.
1/ Notice
Some LinkedIn posts just resonate. This was
Have you got a sales prevention officer?
You know the one.
They can't be bothered.
Sales inquiries get in their way.
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