12 Jan 2021 | General Productivity
Happy new year: 2021! I hope you were able to have a break over the festive season: relax, re-energise, see as many loved ones as safely as you could; got in some sleep, laughter and fun! Martin and I once had a plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania last year....
1 Dec 2020 | General Productivity
Marketing genius Seth Godin posted a recent blog… Contradictory answers to obvious questions That’s how you know that they’re not obvious. When smart, committed people disagree about the answer to a question, you’ve found a question worth...
8 Jun 2020 | Communication skills, General Productivity
When I was in high school we read Macbeth and the assignment we had to submit had three parts. I wanted to do a great job with the presentation of my assignment, I stained the paper with tea and coffee to age the paper, I wrote my assignment in calligraphy and I even...
17 Mar 2020 | General Productivity, People & Management
When the planes hit the twin towers in New York that fateful 2001 September day, you couldn’t help but stay glued to the news. Never before had a TV been front and centre in any workplace I had worked in, but there it was. A constant news feed of the events...
10 Mar 2020 | General Productivity
I’m often asked what my productivity hacks or tips are and so I thought I’d share a few with you. When I see a hack, app or product that promotes productivity, I often use the following criteria: How complicated is the set up? And is the return on my investment (time,...
9 Feb 2020 | Delegation, General Productivity, Management Skills
When I was a child, whenever we went out to dinner I’d follow my brother’s lead and fidget. We’d fidget with the cutlery, napkins, condiments … everything. Dad would snap at us but sitting still wasn’t in our nature. Out to dinner one...
