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Draft Collab Key Points Check

"I love illegal immigrants. Sue me. Sometimes I just go down to Dover and I see a ______ dinghy with 60 of them on and I go, ‘Come on, welcome! Women and children first. Oh, there are no women — just you lads, is it?’ " Armageddon, Ricky Gervais (2023) Buried late within

A Whale of a Deal

Not quite your Moby Dick, but the label 'whale' can hold similarly mythic meaning among Enterprise sellers. Yes, it's a big one. Perhaps, the big one. They so seldom land as to be the stuff of legend. A trailblazing titan of late-night broadcasting just put his mic down for the

Rembrandt Reminder (not forgetting Vincent)

A tiny minority of people, including myself and Rembrandt, believe that you should site your webcam at a slight angle to the body. pic.twitter.com/p1RJ6koKhI — Rory Sutherland (@rorysutherland) August 28, 2020 I lament that it is indeed a 'tiny minority'. Yet we are in the right. Five years

Carpool Diamond

If you drive 'round the French capital you may know what this new road sign means. The inside lanes of their Paris orbital, Boulevard Périphérique aka the Périph, now exclude those driving solo. Otherwise nasty €135 fines prowl in wait. What struck me was that this, in its seemingly most

Homog'd Selling

I still enjoy running the occasional workshop on idea generation over video calls. It baffles me how making the most of this kind of activity remains so neglected. I guess I'm frustratingly ingrained with the disappointment of missed opportunity. Given the number of organisations I've encountered that are happy to

Using A Sledgehammer To Miss A Nut

Quite the phrase. Attributed to the late English journalist Christopher Booker. Specifically when describing incoming laws with significant over-reach, vast creep and disastrous unintended consequences. Finding fresh light as Westminster just enacted such legislation. The Online Safety Bill aims to do what we all desire. Namely protect children on the

A Different Problem/Solution Framework

This is an index finger scribble I did on my phone meeting someone the other day. Riffing in one sense on kairos. How an idea is much the more powerful when its time is now. An essential yet often overlooked element in most new product endeavours. Always intrigued by the

Spotting Creative Evasion Death Spiral

Creative evasion. Not what at first you might think the label describes. When I came across it, my mind raced through perhaps more pinpointing versions; collective delusion, cross-silo denial, departmental deflection, scapegoat projection. Writer Matthew Syed cites this term as follows; "I have a small business that diagnoses company culture

Office Barricade Reveal

What a photo. In another timeline this would have been a great meme template. The motive for this will be very telling. Was the shooter someone with a bone to pick with Blackstone/Capitalism? A personal beef? Former employee? This photo will have a whole new meaning once we know.

Brummie Rock Legend Kitchen Backdrop

"Good morning!" So sang Ozzy. Cheerily. As filmed by his daughter at their English kitchen table in this poignant final clip. It's unclear whether he was locked into watching content on his tablet there. Or maybe he was preparing to video call, headphone-ready. Yet it's a setting with which we've