Posted on: 21st July 2008
Last Friday I sat enjoying my breakfast at a networking event in the company of a charming lady who runs a chain of newspapers. I listened with interest as she told me that all of her managers were aged between 27 and 35, and had never worked under tough market conditions. They have almost no awareness of the last recession that many of us remember so clearly, and have never needed to develop the time-critical style of management required to ‘catch the worm’ in times of drought.
As a result of this conversation, I have begun to put together a programme for leading and managing in difficult markets. If this is an interesting topic to you right now, please drop me a line, I would love to discuss it further…
Posted on: 14th July 2008
I watch a lot of talks, lectures and speeches. Every so often one comes along that blows me away. If you have 20 minutes, check this out. It is well worth the investment of time!
Sir Ken Robinson talks about creativity.
Posted on: 7th July 2008
Have you ever noticed how much time is spent attempting to find the one ideal solution for everyone; the one message; the one slogan? This would be great if only people were as similar as we delude ourselves to think. If there is one thing that I would love our clients to take away from working with us it’s that people are not robots.
A man walks into a barber shop and says, “Can you cut my hair like David Beckham?”
The barber says yes, and then goes on to deliver an appalling haircut - half way between a short-back-and-sides and a mullet.
The man says, “David Beckham’s hair looks nothing like this!”
To which the barber replies, “It would do if he came here.”
