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I am not good at Email. But I am good at getting things done. 15 Jun 2013 | 08:21 pm
People who know me, know I don’t have much time for Email.I don’t reply to all of my Emails. And the ones I do reply to are as pithy as I can make them.In my book, one word replies are not rude, but a...
In a busy world, be human. 13 Jun 2013 | 12:40 pm
Time is limited. And therefore, expensive. So companies seek to take time out of each process to save money. That’s why we when we phone companies up we can’t speak to humans anymore. Instead we have ...
Dig where you stand. 9 Jun 2013 | 02:38 pm
When you run a small company, next week is always the biggest week. And next year will always be your most important year. That tends to breed a culture of not ‘digging where you stand’. Of not focusi...
Big companies have forgotten what its like to go to work in its underpants. 8 Jun 2013 | 03:16 pm
A start-up has the odds very much stacked against it. But at the same time it has such incredible advantages that allow it to overcome them. Yes, it’s under-funded. It’s almost a rights of passage. Ap...
This car is going to run out of petrol. I just don’t know when. 6 Jun 2013 | 11:59 pm
When I worked the markets in the South Wales Valley, I had this amazing old Fiat 128. I loved it. But it had one or two quirks. The key one was the petrol gauge didn’t work. I didn’t know if it was ne...
Failure to commit is as bad as failure to start. 4 Jun 2013 | 01:25 pm
The single biggest reason most businesses fail is because they never start. People sit around telling their friends their great idea and don’t ever make it happen. Ideas need someone to make it happen...
When change comes knocking on the door, will you hear it? 3 Jun 2013 | 01:05 pm
One night last week, there was a knock at the door. It was a guy delivering Yellow Pages. He delivered one for us. And one for the next farm, who were out. I will never use it. I doubt the farm over t...
Ideas are messy 5 May 2013 | 10:34 pm
Last week we tried something new. The Do Lectures turned into something else for 72 hours. It became a place to start ideas.It became a place of doing. It was an experiment. And the experiment was to ...
23 Laws of Creativity. 14 Feb 2013 | 12:53 am
1, Don’t follow. 2, Don’t seek consensus. 3, Trust your instinct. 4, Look for what isn’t there. But should be. 5, Ideas make you stand out. Great ideas make you standalone. 6, Ask dumb questions. They...
Finding your Horse to ride. 13 Jan 2013 | 11:04 pm
Some books are more important than others. That’s because they contain an irrefutable truth. And once you know that truth and what it means to you, and how you need to use it in order to change things...
