Remotely Funny?
I told a joke on a Zoom meeting but nobody laughed. It turns out I’m not remotely funny. *groan* That, if you did't suss, is a Dad Joke. Cited - by researchers into a cringe-ingly mass 32,500 of them - as one of the Top 3
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How Pullman's Growth Fantasy is Handy Selling
Bestselling author, Philip Pullman, recently voiced disquiet at not relating to much present day fantasy. A genre especially revered in, he now bemoans the lack of psychology held within.
Where a novel does consider that, he posits there's merely surface concern with how people think or feel. Missing
Should Stretch Goals Now Shrink?
Many an Enterprise salesteam uses stretch goals.
I first came across the concept way back in B-school. Although I don't recall that specific term for what were meant to be challenging goals. Going beyond the mere minor incremental percentage point YoY increase in targets. They certainly captured corporate
Commentary Colour
“Well done, you didn’t repeat anything I said or describe what I could see for myself.”
Recollection of live punditry debut feedback to a then just-retired player from that rarest of pros, a brilliant sport commentator.
Having recently been reminded of the broadcast genius of cricket's Richie
Selling Simple & Easy
Rich Hickey built [programming language] Clojure on one ruthless principle:
"Simple and easy are not the same thing. Easy is just familiar. Simple means unentangled."
I came across this nugget hailed from his Simple Made Easy. As I now read, considered 'one of the most influential software
You Never Settle Until...
The snooker world championship is as thrilling as ever. You can see how the game is slowly but surely spreading. There's already reportedly been an incredible TV audience on CCTV5 for the blockbuster all-chinese Second Round affair of 180 million.
The former champs I hear commentate usually put
Neglected Hopper Car Dealer Shambles
Not strictly a solution sell, yet sharing similar traits in some interesting ways, there are occasional crossovers with the world of second-hand car sales.
[Even when they sell hard.]
Here's an example from a frustrated, ultimately thwarted London buyer. The full horror duly tweeted, but this is our
Basics of Efficient Selling via Music PR Genius
This month sees glowing obituaries posted of music promo "legend", Keith Altham. One of those characters who you suspect, despite right-time-right-place at the birth of what today we know as pop, still shows those involved today how it should be done. As London's The Times stated,
Win Creep
Wildly oscillating headlines accompany what eminent historian Niall Ferguson terms 'Gulf War III'.
Wherever you sit on the horseshoe, you likely desire Iran's mullahs to not have nukes, end exporting terror, have their criminal thievery of national assets ceased, stop murdering tens of thousands of peaceful
You are a Star, a Disaster!
Disastɑr, geddit?!
Sporting commentary and punditry. Any good for you?
I very much miss being able to watch along choosing the fleeting, now deleted option for 'stadium effects'. Only hearing what the pitchside mics pick up.
There's a reason why much research concurs that only ten