Even if the airwaves were not full of news about “contagion” and “pandemic” this would be a must read. However the timing behind this publication could not have been better.
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Even if the airwaves were not full of news about “contagion” and “pandemic” this would be a must read. However the timing behind this publication could not have been better.
If no one is pushing you, you have to push yourself and sometimes that’s a whole lot easier to do when it’s your alter ego doing it. Try it.
On Monday evening I found myself sitting in a darkened room watching a qualitative research group through mirrored glass.
Yesterday a birthday greeting popped into my in-box from Allbirds - it’s not my birthday but it was the birthday of my shoes.
Putting in place protocols to ensure relevancy and presence no matter where you are. It’s a twist on ‘if you want something done give the task to a busy person’. You now have two geographic centers. Where you are and where you were so you need to work at maintaining contact and interest.
If a meeting is worth having its worth having well.
Back in September 2017 I went to the Estonian Embassy in London, had my fingerprints scanned and collected my e-Residency card. A few days after that I had a fully registered, EU compliant and ‘turnkey’ company.
At Christmas an odd thing occurred - I gave and received soap as a present. In my defence I was gifting some Italian soaps to someone who is half-Italian and likes all things Italian and artisanal.
This Sunday will mark the 52nd edition of the Mission Critical Weekly Briefing. Over the last year we’ve curated, written and dispatched a briefing designed to meet the needs of the information hungry but time poor reader. Have a look for yourself.
Not a day goes by when there is not some warning about digital security (Jeff Bezos and his WhatsApp alleged download from Saudi Princes being the latest) but in many respects it’s the more mundane and analogue behaviours that open us up to confidentiality breaches.
These cases always lend the question - better to be a smaller, niche brand which is highly profitable with longevity or a larger one that loses it’s edge within a decade. Fevertree is in the middle of the road now and that is a dangerous place to be.
Living in a big city and being busy inevitably means you miss out on new things under your very nose. You’ll jump on a train or a plane to see something hundreds or thousands of miles away but ‘just round the corner’ can mean months go past and then you feel it’s too late to bother.
If you are reading this you’re probably an accomplished traveller with your own ‘musts’ but over the holidays I got thinking about my travel essentials so here is my list. I hope you find it useful. No lectures on how to secure the best seats you already know all that !
Forty-four weeks ago, back in February, I finally followed through on my ambition to create a weekly briefing designed to meet the needs of the information hungry but time poor high achiever.
Over the summer a number of the bus shelters were replaced in the area where I live. All installed with double sided, dynamic digital displays owned and programmed by JCDecaux.
I frequently say that, no matter how busy you are, exploiting every opportunity to meet new people and learn new things is essential.
Last week I had the good fortune to be an attendee at the Tallinn Digital Summit.
Marks and Spencer, along with most ‘legacy’ retailers, has had a tumultuous decade. A combination of changing tastes, fragmentation of choice and eCommerce. I’m sure there are many under 35 year olds who, beyond the grocery only stores (‘Simply Food’), have never set foot in a branch.
Leaving the pharmacist after an optician’s appointment at the weekend a Gillette retail display unit caught my eye. I’ve written about the shaving category before and, nearly exclusively use Gillette products.
British Airways are having another horrible summer and so are their customers / passengers.
