Four key questions by which to learn from your experiences! We often get so involved in doing the work, that we rarely make the time to review how we are doing in a structured and creative manner that allows us to extend our curiosity into what has happened, and to learn why. In short, we […]
VIEW POSTHow to use Newton’s three laws of motion to become more productive In our physic classes as children, we all learned Sir Isaac Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. Universal in their application they can also be used as an interesting analogy for increasing your productivity, simplifying your work, and improving your life. Newton’s First Law […]
VIEW POSTAnd the answer is…… So you want to be successful? But is that enough to be so? We all know that just because you want something does not make it so. Success requires one thing and one thing only – action! To be successful needs a massive amount of effort on a consistent and ongoing […]
VIEW POSTBuild your map and build value Have you ever been to Disneyland? Millions of people, children and adults alike, have visited it and enjoyed its magic and experienced the wonder it has engendered. But did you know it nearly didn’t happen? When Walt Disney first tried to get financial backing for his project – the […]
VIEW POST…how to accelerate your recovery and get results faster! Businesses are increasingly reliant on technology to do large amounts of business-critical work; and when it goes wrong it can have a disastrous impact in terms of cost, time, people and effort. Not only have you ‘sunk’ considerable investments into something that has not delivered, but […]
VIEW POSTIf you want to grow your business, and I mean really grow your business, then here are a few simple but powerful secrets you can use. When you get to the end there is an eighth and even more powerful secret to share! 7 Secrets + 1 Know what you do and what you […]
VIEW POSTHow to ask customers for feedback to build better relationships and drive sales Too often businesses adopt pessimistic mindsets when using customer surveys, with the surveys being focused on problems and what has gone wrong – your “land mines”. This is so the business can identify what has gone wrong, focus on what can be […]
VIEW POST…a better way than brainstorming when innovating The idea of brainstorming is to get a group of diverse people to generate a lot of ideas, without judgment, in order to discover a solution to a problem. It has its use at times, but the problem is that it doesn’t work! Why do I say this? […]
VIEW POST“Bad companies are destroyed by the crisis. Good companies survive them. Great companies are improved by them” – Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel I know the commonly accepted thinking is that to be more successful you need to address and leverage your strengths, not your weaknesses. I have even written an article on this previously. […]
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