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The One Lockdown Lasting Mark

FT international politics columnist Janan Ganesh listed all those things once written off as gone forever by lockdown decree. Noted whilst revelling in how "changing city" Bangkok had beamed even brighter back into life by August 2022; "This is as good a time as any to make a non-exhaustive list

Are You Meghanly Me Me Me?

The monster (choose your slant on this adjective here, + or -) online news site of Daily Mail has long since had enough of 'The Duchess of Woke'. You can read on such at your leisure. For me, I was fascinated by this video annotation. Hot off the heels from the

I Will Deliver

Britain's ruling party anoint its latest leader. By default now head of the UK government. Liz Truss gave her acceptance speech in front of the adulating party faithful. 6 minutes. 318 words. As the rolling news graphic above helpfully tots up, ten of which were 'deliver'; I intend to deliver

Salespox

Many an ailment can cause our selling endeavours distress. There is though a specific condition which can horribly pockmark our selling. One fiendishly difficult to spot. Let alone stop. It is the extent to which you genuinely demonstrate you understand the buyer's viewpoint. Everybody talks about sitting on the same

Larval Buyers

When a new enterprise decides on the market they're going for - one that might be small right now but crucially exists, and will be growable - startup accelerator Paul Graham recently termed this in one of his essays, the 'larval market'. Here's the key part I often wish salesteams

Especially For You

"Remember me? No? Might as well press skip then." These were the first pre 'Skip Ads' five seconds of an ad served my way by Youtube the other day. It appears a campaign aired from 2019, altered specifically to fit the 'pre-roll' format. Jason Donovan's original telly appearance thirty-seconder has

Ode To The Harried Buyer

Why did I pick up this call? Another random, hoping to score 'Tell me about your business!" Well, none of your business That's for sure I must wanna be rich Another breathless pitch Insist I've a problem Persist, you're the problem Matrix glitch Ding-dong of this fight Never earning the

Two's Company, Three's A Cloud

This was a subhead title for the final section of a recent broadsheet piece on banking. Specifically, that they're all now moving everything they can to the cloud. The last piece being the race to place all back-office infrastructure there. Well done. Only taken twenty years. In many ways this

Jefferson's Best Selling

> Thomas Jefferson’s dictum; that the best government is the least government and that government should concentrate on doing well what only government can do. So sums up Scottish-born political journalist nonpareil Andrew Neil. In part, railing against the capture of institutions by what he labels The Left Blob. Whom

Political Leader Shortlist Pitch Tips

The UK system does not explicitly vote for a supreme leader. The default Prime Minister - foreigners long since ditching a monarchy claim de facto President - being head of political party winning the latest General Election. This allows, encourages even, the mid-term 'refresh'. Just such situation occurs right now.