Connections, connecting, connectivity 2020 has proved to be an unexpected, exceptional, original, unusual, out of the ordinary, disconcerting, disruptive year. A bolt out of the blue. The COVID-19 pandemic has been ‘programme’ in technology terms that wreaked havoc in...
Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin What do Starbucks and JetBlue and KrispyKreme and Apple and DutchBoy and Kensington and Zespri and Hard Candy have that you don't? How do they continue to confound critics and achieve...
Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking the Rules by L. David Marquet "Leadership should mean giving control rather than taking control and creating leaders rather than forging followers." David Marquet, an experienced Navy officer, was...
The journey of 1000 miles does indeed begin with one step. That first step is the crucial one to take. That first step takes the most effort. That first step gives the greatest satisfaction once taken. Once that first step is taken it is simple to take the next...
Four Agreements - Code for Life by Don Miguel Ruiz Agreement 1: Be impeccable with your word Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and...
CHOICE IS POWER Choice is power ... not over other people but over ourselves. Choice is the fuel that gives us energy and momentum. Choices can be tough. Choices are always there. Choices can be a choice to or a choice not to. Making choices links us up to a huge...
Daring to disrupt The challenge: dare to engage in, indulge in, explore riot revolution and rebellion to get what you want rather than what you find you’ve got! Con-tr-acts … agree-ments where are the traps - the honey traps, the butterfly nets, the black holes how...
Contracting – establishing the agreement of how we will work together The Free Dictionary states contracting is ‘An agreement between two or more parties, especially one that is written and enforceable by law’; that it is ‘The writing or document containing such an...